Grub and Windows update

[Little Girl]

Hey there,

Bill wrote:

>I am installing Linux for a friend that has a nasty Windows virus.  
>Rather than pay mucho dollars to have the virus cleaned from her 
>computer, she decided to migrate to Linux instead.  (Good idea!)

That's a shame about the virus. Good for her for deciding to give
GNU/Linux a try, though.

>The issue is that she wants to dual boot her computer and use
>Windows for only playing games (not online) and use Linux for
>everything else.

As a very occasional gamer, I found the job of making games work
under Wine to be too much of a hassle much of the time. I didn't like
the idea of running Windows in a VM because of the possible hardware
limitations when it comes to modern programs. I also didn't like the
idea of dual-booting since there's, at the very least, an "awareness"
of the other drive when one of the drives is booted and I don't want
even a hint of a relationship between Windows and GNU/Linux on my
machine.

My approach was to buy a drive power switch unit, install it in a
drive bay in my computer, and connect all my drives to it. This gives
me push-button access to all of the drives, individually or in any
combination. The advantages to this set-up are that I don't have the
Wine hassles, don't have to worry about drive detection on boot,
GNU/Linux doesn't exist when Windows is running, and Windows doesn't
exist when GNU/Linux is running.

>Another possible issue is UEFI.  Should I disable UEFI in the BIOS?

That will be up to you and to her. You and/or she will want to
research it and decide what's best depending on how she plans on
using her computer. A few good places to start:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI

https://askubuntu.com/questions/647303/uefi-or-legacy-which-is-advised-and-why

https://askubuntu.com/questions/446968/legacy-vs-uefi-help 

-- 
Little Girl

There is no spoon.