https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/issues/2795 there are binary blobs in ventoy. idk if it can be trusted.
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I prob have plenty of security issues from all the sketchy things I download, not worried baout that, what are they going to do take my social security code and passwords that are all public info, id leak my own nudes if someone blackmailed me
If you have your older maching around I recomend putting linux on it. You will see how fast it runs on the old hardware and pretty soon you will not be ablet to wait get it on the new hardware.
I just want windows in case I need it for specific software or apps for whatever reason, Im not sure how a vhd boot off ventoy works, im trying to avoid wasting a partition on a windows install that will rarely be used
Virtualizing your *nix setup is the way to go if you're too weak to let go of Windows permanently (lol).
Windows is destructive and every time there's a major update it will eat the bootloader and remove any *nix entries. Using virtualization removes that problem at the cost of performance.
This is NOT the way to get people to switch. (Lol)
Where did I say that I was trying to get anyone to switch?
Theres always a chance something I need doesnt support linux, imo its smart to have a backup, I just dont want to waste unnecessary space or want to deal with partitions for windows since they give me a lot of issues trying to shrink them. I saw vhds with usb method mentioned on lemmy a few times and it seemed like a way to avoid partitions since you can have a 1tb whd, with 10gb on it on a 100gb harddrive, so Im assuming you can avoid having to lose hella space to a windows install you might never use, instead only as much as it actually takes up.
imo its smart to have a backup
You can virtualize 90% of most Windows applications from within Linux using Bottles. It's not really as big of an issue as you make it out to be--unless there's something you need that can't be virtualized.
I can do it so why not, why not have peace of mind about that 10% storage is cheap and os is free