By accident - I just learned that not every system running Windows 10 is able to dual-boot Manjaro.
Now you think - what?
I have this client - for which I - long time ago developed a customized application.
Over the years there has been a lot of fuzz - can it be used on mac - and I had to remind them - this only works on Micrsoft Windows.
Until today - where I had this employee - which couldn’t get the app installed no matter if he was trying 32-bit or 64-bit. (The app uses SQL Express as database engine)
I did a teamviewer session and checked the system - Windows 10 and 64-bit all right - then I noticed ARM cpu …
So now you know - some Windows computers are not directly compatible with Manjaro in the current normal version - I don’t even know the Manjaro ARM version can be installed.
Pinging @ManjaroTeam as this can be nice to know when … you know when
Yep - I was confused at first - when the client couldn’t install the apps needed - I did know there was a thing years back with Windows RT but I didn’t know they had - recently - released devices running windows 10 on ARM architecture.
And a bi product of this is more and more systems shipping with Windows S.
Yes - a consumer locked down version of Windows - very much like macOS.
I just had 5 systems passing through for the client - cheap winbooks - but with Windows S - and it is next to impossible to disable without creating a Microsoft account - so I had to reinstall all 5 using the latest Windows ISO.
I read an interesting analysis piece the other day WRT Qualcomm’s Snapdragon vs. Apple’s M1.
The author bemoaned the fact that Windows has a native ARM version, but will not release it for general public use; they keep it exclusive for their Surface products; author said that MS’s x86 emulation on WinArm is pretty good.
So I’m wondering if your client’s machine is a Surface. If so, maybe you’ve found one of the items that x86 emulation just doesn’t like.
Thank you for the info. I talked to the employee and it is indeed a Surface Pro X SQ1.
The reason for creating the topic was not to seek advise on dual-booting - merely to make it known to the community.
I mean - when someone jump onto the forum and cannot figure out why it is not possible to boot Manjaro on a system using Windows 10 - then an appropriate question is