About unreleased repo meant for laptops and desktops with generic Linux and Windows

[dnet890]

Hi I saw your readme about unreleased repo meant for laptops and desktops with generic Linux and Windows that is in progress. that means this is GUI dual boot support for traditional laptop/desktop?

[jlobue10]

Yes, I have an edited version of the customization and installation GUI that works for Linux and Windows dual boot with rEFInd with secure boot support meant for laptops and desktops. So far, I have only coded for Ubuntu (and Ubuntu flavors like Kubuntu). The main differences are that most other Linux distros (not SteamOS) have the EFI system partition mounted as /boot/efi not /esp. This is accounted for as well as a secure boot supported installation method using mokutil. The code is not as polished as I would like it to be in order to release it, but if it's something that you would be interested in, let me know your Linux distro of choice and your desired setup, and I can try to work on it (to prepare it for release) in the next few weeks. Thanks.

[dnet890]

I usually used Debian and Arch based distros (Kubuntu, linux Mint, Manjaro, PopOS and Arch Linux) with Windows 10/11 and any input will be welcome. BTW, I know GRUB on those distros usually does not support mouse input. But, this one will support mouse input right?

[jlobue10]

Yes rEFInd will allow mouse input to work as long as it's enabled in the refind.conf config file. The way I have tested it on a few desktops is to have Windows and Kubuntu enabled in rEFInd but the Kubuntu loader goes to its GRUB so I can choose which kernel to use on any given boot (since some kernels have issues with mainline). A setup is possible to bypass GRUB entirely and boot straight from rEFInd but I'll leave that up to config file editing by the end user, if and when I release this other repository.

[jlobue10]

Still a bit unpolished and I've only really setup the installation process for Fedora / Nobara, but here if you're still interested.