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Will a default starting OS setting be disrupted when Updates bring a new Linux kernel ?

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Will a default starting OS setting be disrupted when Updates bring a new Linux kernel?
I am helping a windows user get started and their choice just now is windows as default. When their Ubuntu gets kernel updates, will I need to run startup-manager again please?

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delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#1

Yes, as usually OS is identified by number, and Windows number is increased by two each time a new kernel is added.
In theory, you could specify default by name, but I didn't succeeded. But there is a workaround. Go to /etc/default/grub.d. Rename folder 40 something to 15 with same name. Simply change the 40 to 15. Then run "sudo update-grub" and Windows will become the first OS in the list. After set default to first Grub line, and that's all. Each time a new kernel will be added, it will be inserted after Windows.
Pleas mark question solved if it works, else post and I will write a verified procedure.

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