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Suppose you have two Linux distributions installed in a dual boot situation. One issue that can happen is when you need to frequently switch. Rebooting is disruptive if you have a bunch of things ...
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matthewsnyder
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2024-06-17T02:26:33Z (5 months ago)
- Suppose you have two Linux distributions installed in a dual boot situation.
- One issue that can happen is when you need to frequently switch. Rebooting is disruptive if you have a bunch of things going on. You also can't copy/paste or move things between them in a second. Yes, you can mount the other distro's drive and access its files through a terminal, but that is not as convenient as running its programs.
- Is there a way to run your one of your dual-booted distros from "inside" the other, without having to reboot?
- The closest thing I know is to do a chroot into the other distro, for example. However, this has some issues: GUI programs are tricky
and I'm not sure if the chroot is safe for everyday use.
- Suppose you have two Linux distributions installed in a dual boot situation.
- One issue that can happen is when you need to frequently switch. Rebooting is disruptive if you have a bunch of things going on. You also can't copy/paste or move things between them in a second. Yes, you can mount the other distro's drive and access its files through a terminal, but that is not as convenient as running its programs.
- Is there a way to run your one of your dual-booted distros from "inside" the other, without having to reboot?
- The closest thing I know is to do a chroot into the other distro, for example. However, this has some issues: GUI programs are tricky
- and I'm not sure if the chroot is safe for everyday use.
- I'm not asking for VMs. Part of the goal here is to explore how each distro interacts with my hardware. VMs hide that by creating generic virtual devices.
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matthewsnyder
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2024-06-17T02:25:51Z (5 months ago)
Dual booting without rebooting
Suppose you have two Linux distributions installed in a dual boot situation. One issue that can happen is when you need to frequently switch. Rebooting is disruptive if you have a bunch of things going on. You also can't copy/paste or move things between them in a second. Yes, you can mount the other distro's drive and access its files through a terminal, but that is not as convenient as running its programs. Is there a way to run your one of your dual-booted distros from "inside" the other, without having to reboot? The closest thing I know is to do a chroot into the other distro, for example. However, this has some issues: GUI programs are tricky and I'm not sure if the chroot is safe for everyday use.