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Sorry but using less Windows via dual boot setup > Not using Linux at all.
Whatever works for people is the right choice.
sure but this is linux memes , so nuance and rational thought mean dick all mehbreveh
The windows partition is bloat. Delete it.
Windows for work, Linux for fun.
Windows to my linux partition:
(this is why I wont dual boot)
It only ever exists as a VM, and I boot it up rarely as it deserves this purgatory.
Anyone know of some good automation to keep Windows VMs up to date?
WSUS
You reminded me that I have a Windows VM.
I remember one time after checking out Ubuntu when I went back to Windows, my PC would ask if I wanted to boot into Windows or Windows.
I just wanna use my hdr monitor bro
Hell yeah, another HDR lover on Lemmy! Now there’s two of us!
That’s the main reason why I use Win11 as my primary OS. 10’s HDR support is half-assed, and KDE’s is even worse. Linux doesn’t even support nVidia GPUs properly, so SDR-to-HDR conversion is missing for both YouTube and local videos. And since Win10 doesn’t have AutoHDR for games, that leaves 11 as my only choice if I want to play games and watch videos in HDR with minimal hassle.
(edit: And yes I know that converting to HDR isn’t as good as real HDR; but IDC cause it looks amazing to me, especially in the highlights.)
HDR works pretty well on the latest KDE versions
Just want to use Dolby Atmos and for audio to keep working on Firefox after I’m done watching a movie
The drive isn’t even hooked up I swear!
I haven’t used windows since 2023, or so, but what’s the problem with using Windows alongside Linux? Sometimes you just need Windows, and Wine isn’t always the answer. Although, I must admit, Linux gaming has reached the point where Windows is needed (probably?) only for games with anti-cheat.
hdr as well as anti-cheat though for me it’s just that really as I don’t play multiplayer so once hdr works on mint windows is getting nuked
I have Windows on separate drive, but I haven’t used it in years (I mean, I launched it recently once to check if a hardware issue I was having was Linux specific — it wasn’t). I’m planning to delete it to reclaim the space, but I think I have some files I want to get from there but I don’t want to go through the entire file system to find them, so it’s just sitting there lol
Run Windows in a VM
Any software that doesn’t work work in a VM doesn’t deserve to work at all
It’s technically there on a separate drive entirely, but I haven’t touched it in at least a year. Probably gonna have to when I need to brush up for my cert renewal though
I have some software that doesnt work with wine or anything else the like Ive tried, and doesnt seem to have a linux equivalent that I can find. Ive only been using linux a few months now, so maybe theres some other options that Im missing, but how else does one deal with that apart from booting back into the old windows install whenever I need that specific software?
Have you tried a virtual machine?
Theyve looked a bit daunting to set up, so not just yet. But isnt that effectively the same thing, still running windows for those programs just without having to actually sign out of the linux partition to do it?
Yeah, but it’s nice to just be able to use your windows software without needing to bootup windows, and then after you’ve finished reboot into linux.
Isn’t vm performance terrible?
Naw, separate machines. One for VR, opening my office Access files, the Adobe suite. And another one with Linux I use for most everything. Dual booting is sometimes problematic.
I’ve got it on a vm for work stuff and shit, but raw metal is only for unix based OS ;)
I wish I could delete that partition for good, but my computer grqphics professor forces me to write code for DirectX instead of Vulkan.
That’s why you don’t dual boot.
Linux all the way.
