If you dual boot Windows and GNU/Linux, you’ll soon find yourself wishing you could customize your grub file. This is a list of operating systems/kernels on your computer that you can start up with. One tool I found to be extremely helpful in this is Grub Customizer, and I’m grateful to the folks at It’s FOSS for coming up with a tutorial.
Here’s an excerpt:
This tutorial shows you how to easily change grub boot order to make Windows as default OS in Windows-Linux dual boot with the help of Grub Customizer.Many people prefer to install Linux in dual boot mode with Windows. Some of them use Linux as their primary OS while some prefer Windows as their primary OS.When you install Ubuntu or Linux Mint or elementary OS along with Windows in dual boot mode, Linux becomes the default OS. At the boot time, on the grub screen, if you do not choose Windows for login within 10 seconds (default Grub timeout), it boots up into the Linux.This grub behavior creates problem if you prefer to have Windows as your primary OS. You have to wait till the computer boots up and stay close to your computer to choose Windows for login.
Read about Grub Customizer online.
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