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1. @mcscx@quitter.se (mcscx@quitter.se)'s status on Friday, 13-Jan-2017 22:58:26 UTC @mcscx@quitter.se

   • inmysocks Of Doom, Naked KSC
   • kevin
   @inmysocks @badru@mastadon.social it it's also unstable with ubuntu you could check your RAM with memtest86+.
   • @mcscx@quitter.se (mcscx@quitter.se)'s status on Saturday, 14-Jan-2017 17:36:27 UTC @mcscx@quitter.se

     • kevin
     @badru if the installation procedure crashes then it may sth with your harddisk. But if the whole system crashes it's probably sth else.
   • kevin (badru@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 14-Jan-2017 22:49:23 UTC kevin

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     @mcscx tried installing to the non-SSD harddisk instead, installation finished, rebooted, displaying "alloc magic is broken at 0xWhatever Aborted" :0

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   • @mcscx@quitter.se (mcscx@quitter.se)'s status on Saturday, 14-Jan-2017 22:57:26 UTC @mcscx@quitter.se

     • linux
     • kevin
     @badru a quick web search seems to say it's something with UEFI. I'd try changing the BIOS from EFI to BIOS, or try Debian instead. !linux
   • @mcscx@quitter.se (mcscx@quitter.se)'s status on Saturday, 14-Jan-2017 23:02:17 UTC @mcscx@quitter.se

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     • kevin
     @badru anyway this seems to prove your hardware is ok (apart from th SSD?). So you could install Windows now if thats what you actually want
   • kevin (badru@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 14-Jan-2017 23:03:40 UTC kevin

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     @mcscx actually not sure. thinking it might be good to transition to open source, but don't know what all I'll be losing.

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   • @mcscx@quitter.se (mcscx@quitter.se)'s status on Saturday, 14-Jan-2017 23:09:33 UTC @mcscx@quitter.se

     • kevin
     @badru that's a good idea :-) You can install windows in 1 partition & GNU/Linux in another partition (+swap partition for Linux) → Dualboot
   • @mcscx@quitter.se (mcscx@quitter.se)'s status on Saturday, 14-Jan-2017 23:12:16 UTC @mcscx@quitter.se

     • kevin
     @badru or you can install GNU/Linux& run Windows inside a VirtualBox VM. But as you're a windows games dev you'll want native windows
   • @mcscx@quitter.se (mcscx@quitter.se)'s status on Saturday, 14-Jan-2017 23:15:02 UTC @mcscx@quitter.se

     • kevin
     @badru with VirtualBox you can run native Linux and Windows inside a virtual machine at the same time. With DualBoot it's only one at a time