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I still turn it on every few months. It's helpful to make sure that kernel works fine and it's just my VGA port making trouble. Also some beta stuff doesn't work on Linux. When friends call me to play a game that doesn't work properly after a quick install I don't have the time to search on forums. If someone could tell me how to run pirated Hades II I would be glad. It only start up once and 2nd time it crashes. I'm not gonna pay 30β¬ for it nor finish it in one breath.
I dual booted my study pc. Well technically I did. I didnβt use windows for a few months without thinking about it and by then I was too afraid of windows corrupting my linux if I ever booted it. So I effectively just had a Linux machine with half half the disk space. Never had a problem with it though.
i can play stardew valley natively in linux. there's no reason to dual boot.
When Linux can actually do everything I want to do I'll gladly stop using Windows. It's not there yet and a lot of what it can do is still janky.
There are applications that still don't have a proper Linux port, or any at all. Or maybe the ones that exist are cumbersome to use. I really hate that people downvote you for pointing this out. If you were wrong, Linux would have a much larger share already.
I understand that some people have alternatives for everything they use; I'm happy for them, and I wish to be them. But assuming that if I can do everything I want on Linux in the same quality/convenience/whatever, then others must, as well...
Β―\_(γ)_/Β― been daily driving Linux for at least a decade now...
But I haven't found a way to run my HTC Vive on my nvidia gpu and the updater software for my car on Linux... So I still have a dual boot for those
updater software for my car
Can I just point out that there was a point in time in living memory where this statement would be utterly deranged? (And it'll probably soon be unusual again because of OTA updates...)
Hard agree...
Oh, it still is.
I'm so sorry Jesus, I just wanted to play some tarkov
Believe it or not, straight to hell.
I know it's Linux memes but is better than using a bit of both instead of but trying Linux at all. We need more casual people to try Linux. Not just diehards.
diehards really kill the community. I think the guys from suckles are most guilty of this
Sadly I have to waste 512gb of ssd for windows because oculus rift cv1 drivers are not finished and haven't been worked on for a year I think...
Didn't expect to find another CV1 usr in the wild.
I wish there was a way to use bottles or whatever to use the damn thing until an affordable and usable replacement finally appears.
But what if I'm on the fence and I'm trying out Linux?
Sink or swim! Embrace chaos! Constant confusion builds character.
I'm building a dedicated windows VR gaming PC that can live in my shed so I don't have to dual boot windows to use my racing sim.
Yes Linux and proton have come a long way, and for the most part is more than good enough. But for certain things (like my HP Reverb G2, or proprietary sim racing hardware drivers) it's just easier to pirate windows
Yeah, I dual boot Windows
's ass outta my system >:C
Sorry, I am a sinner.
I've got it on a vm for work stuff and shit, but raw metal is only for unix based OS ;)
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.
Please explain this to:
-My Job
And then subsequently(or convince my job to migrate to foss alts for the following)
-Adobe
-Autodesk
-Vectric
-Google(workspaces)
-intuit
-Trimble
I just wanna use my hdr monitor bro
HDR works pretty well on the latest KDE versions
yeah nah couldn't get it to work and I'm not playing around with it anymore I tried for weeks windows just works when it just works on mint I'll nuke windows
Mint uses Cinnamon desktop, which currently only supports Xorg. For HDR support you need something with Wayland and pretty up to date.
cinnamon has experimental wayland support I tried that I tried stuff based on KDE I tried gamescope none of it worked I'm not looking for support I looked for it it doesn't work right now for me
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.)
Windows to my linux partition:
(this is why I wont dual boot)
It's been >6years I've dual booted windows alongside Linux. Granted, the windows partition isn't often used; but never has it erased my Linux out of existence
I used to have 2 ssds with one for Windows, the other for Linux. When I needed more space for games I just gave up on Windows and haven't since looked back. (Also converted one of my friends to dual-booting Mint).
Same. I have a 1tb drive with windows and a 4tb running Linux
Separate hard drives fixes this one.
It only ever exists as a VM, and I boot it up rarely as it deserves this purgatory.
I also got a VM, it gets used for exactly 2 pieces of software, ElvisMX and Multisim
You reminded me that I have a Windows VM.
Sorry.
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.
Linux is the Nancy Kerrigan to Window's Tonya Harding when they're partitions of the same drive is the real problem.