I'm primarily using Linux Mint, but I also have an external drive with Windows that I need to access for work purposes like using the Adobe suite. I'm looking for a way to select which operating system to boot into at startup without having to dive into the BIOS settings every time. Does anyone have suggestions for a user-friendly solution?
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You can use rEFInd, which is a customizable boot manager that allows you to select between different operating systems at startup. It's pretty user-friendly, and there are lots of cool skins available on GitHub to make it look nice.
There's a resources page in our wiki that might help you out! Also, just remember to back up your data regularly and mess around in a VM to get comfortable before making big changes!
GRUB usually does the trick for me. It automatically lists all installed OSes when you boot up and gives you a countdown to choose one. If you don’t make a choice before time runs out, it just boots the default OS. You typically have around 10 seconds to decide.
Sounds like GRUB is the way to go! I’ll check my settings to make sure it’s showing all the options at startup.