You act like the everyday user knows how to boot from alternate sources.
BIOS/UEFI/Secure Boot anyone?
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PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world 12 hours agoOne could try a Live version for the distros that have that feature. For those unaware, the Live version is merely the bootable cd image (or USB image). Does no harm to the underlying OS. If you like it you can then install it.
over_clox@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
mierdabird@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 hours ago
Beware of BitLocker though - I had no idea it was enabled on my wife’s windows tablet and when I came back from a Linux live image her windows disc was locked. The keys were not in her Microsoft account and we couldn’t find them anywhere else so I ended up having to erase the device. Luckily she didn’t use it for much but find and copy your keys before attempting a live Linux boot.
PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Good to know and thanks for mentioning it, but it is odd that this happens if nothing is done to the host’s hardware. Did you ever discover the why of it?
A good piece of advice regardless of what one is doing. This isn’t the first time I’ve heard that keys weren’t found in someone’s account.