I realize this may be a minor thing, and has been this way in most Ubuntu based distros since 22.04, but I feel OS-prober should be enabled by default in Zorin's case, as there are a lot of cases that people aren't ready to fully dip into Linux without having their Windows backup.
I understand the issues this can bring odd time here or there, but I still think this. I just checked the 18.1 installer and it's the same way. Again, it's not the biggest deal in the world, but in my eyes I feel it should be enabled.
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Yeah, for a distro like Zorin which rolls out the red carpet for Windows refugees having to open a terminal just to see your other drive is a bit off-putting.
I realize it was disabled upstream for security and stability, but maybe the installer could include a checkbox during installation - something like:
"I am dual-booting with another operating system (Enable OS Prober)."
That way, the user "opts-in" to the risk, and the safety net stays intact without the user needing to touch the command line.
Why it is disabled:
The claim is that it presents a critical security risk. This should be taken with a grain of salt considering that the claimant supporting this also claims that Plymouth images are a "Massive Security risk" which is as wild as claiming OS Prober is - with a Strong Proabability that his motive for these claims is to transition toward his Own Built Replacement for GRUB.
That said: IS OS Prober actually a security risk? It can present one only if a malicious actor is in your house, has access to your computer and can initialize it, while also operating a USB stick with exploitation software on it. Which is... extreme. You know... Most people don't have professional expert hackers as evil roommates.
And I mean at that point... Many aspects of computing would be an equal security risk.
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Ahh! Lovely! Just reminded me of these great Plymouth themes for Zorin:
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I may wrong about this, but if it is enabled or not depends a bit. When You install Zorin only without Dual-Boot, it is disabled by default. But when You install it with Dual-Boot it is enabled.
That's always been my issue with claiming it's a security risk. I mean yes, but by the time it introduces a security risk, you've got much bigger problems to deal with as far as I'm concerned.
And @Ponce-De-Leon I just tested installing via a dual boot and it defaults to off, seemingly whether or not I'm installing with dual boot by default. Mind you, I chose to partition things myself rather than automatic, but still.
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Yes, OS Prober is simply disabled. It will not self-enable if dual booting and lacks a means of detecting or self-enabling.
Only the End User can enable it.
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