My set-up of Linux Mint and GRUB seems to have messed up my Windows drive, as now I can’t boot from it directly anymore, but only by going through GRUB first, and I want to uninstall Linux. How would I go about figuring out the issue and fixing it?
As for why I want to uninstall Linux, it’s mostly two reasons 1: My father gave me a spare HDD he had since I’m not a fan of buying things when you already have them. Turns out (coming from a teen who’s been booting from an SSD for most of their life) HDDs are slow, too slow for my liking. 2: Linux, Mint at least, feels incomplete, sort of like a tech demo, with extremely limited support for anything that wasn’t directly intended by the developers. The concept of having to compile something yourself is basically foreign to me, and the few times I had to do it in Windows I could easily find a way around it. Plus having to basically rely on a built-in app database/store to easily install apps… Kinda stinks to me, and not being able to simply download an installer from a website and having the program, whatever program, up and running reliably within a minute, the concept seems ridiculous… I’m not sure, I could be really spoiled by Windows 10, or simply too used to it.
TLDR: HDDs are slower than I thought and Linux doesn’t seem good for people like me
Ps: Yes, I know, mass storage is “super cheap” nowdays, but for someone who only reliably gets money during their birthday and Christmas, €20 may as well be €200
Also, I am pretty sure that I will come back to Linux in the future once Windows has devolved to the point of being garbage (which from what I’ve seen might be very close) and I’ve gotten better at general computer usage (which may be close too since I’m starting to familiarize myself with CLIs)
Update: I love linux and the package manager is a godsend for quickly installing the things i need. I still had to compile things myself every now and then tho, but i don’t mind
Nice. I’d say welcome to the family 😆 I hope you’ll get some good use out of it. I’ve been using Linux for the better part of my life now. It made me learn lots of things about computers, networking, operating systems and software development. And paved my way to become a software developer myself. I mean I can’t speak for other people. But it’s also nice to be young and have access to all the professional software for free. Sometimes it’s not as shiny and smooth as expensive software. But with a single command and a bit of effort, you can often install powerful tools to enable you to cut videos, produce music, host websites, internet services, design electronics or whatever. All for free and you can even look inside, learn how it works and participate. I really like it, too 😊