Better not be a simp to Microsoft

Good. I'm safe. I single-boot Linux for decades.

As if windows would let grub live

"Whoops I stomped on the MBR again, what are you gonna do 'bout it?"

I refuse. I flat out will not. Is there a couple games I'm missing sorely? Yes. Has the devil been whispering, "Come on... just a hundred gigs for that one game... you'll only have to boot it when you play..." Also yes. But I refuse.
Not today, satan.

How about Windows AND MacOS? Asking for a friend.

its been years since I touched my 200gb windows partition, but it might have something important i might need in future lmao
- I copied those files into my home folder years ago and wiped the partition for good.
- Oblivion Remaster got me relapsing because I still had leftover game pass subscription. Forgive me my lord. And holy shit Todd managed to stitch Unreal Engine on top of Creation Engine, it's black magic fuckery. Lots of esp only mods still work like wtf.
- I do unfortunately still use it for my VR sim racing. But half of that is because I got a quest 3 as an entry point for VR. I'd love to get one where you don't have to fiddle around with video compression and WiFi latency.
  
  Same

I've been thinking about keeping a running windows on the side once I switch my "gaming" system. There's two things that won't work well (or at all) on Linux: fully PC-tethered wireless SteamVR with my current hardware (HTC Cosmos Elite), and a ripping software.
I might keep a small windows running for VR (although I'm currently looking into trashing the hardware if a good alternative shows up). For the ripping software, I'll just stitch a script that uses existing open source software to do roughly the same thing.
And I might just get a small box, like a 200something computer with only Steam and the wireless card, to remote play VR through it, if that's an option.
Bye bye windows.

Forgive me lord, for I have sinned.
The great flood (me not charging my laptop and leaving it in a humid place for 1.5 years) got rid of that (and everything with it), tho

Hey Jesus can you help me get Disco Elysium running on Kubuntu? I would ask for help with Fusion360 but I would probably need your dad's help with that
- There's FreeCAD.
  
  I try it every couple of months, but as long as it's faster to boot into a Windows install and start Fusion360 than it is to learn how to make a cube in FreeCAD, I'm going to keep my windows install

I dual booted my study pc. Well technically I did. I didn’t 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 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.
  That's basically my story, as well.
  I eventually had a close call where Windows almost booted by misclick - and it scared me it was going to mess up the Linux install I actually use - and I decided the stress wasn't worth it, to me, to keep a fallback copy of Windows around.

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...
  
  Yeah it's pretty frustrating to hear so many touting it as a replacement and then being met with hostility when you try to adopt it yourself and run into problems. Like I expect there to be some friction moving to a different system but when you're hitting roadblocks every step of the way on what to you are everyday tasks in Windows it gets tiresome quick and I haven't even tried to game on it yet.

i can play stardew valley natively in linux. there's no reason to dual boot.

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.
- The Steam Deck is at least trying to attract the casual users in.
- diehards really kill the community. I think the guys from suckles are most guilty of this
  
  Are you referring to Suckless.org and their Nazi controversy (which was successfully removed from Wikipedia)

¯(ツ)/¯ 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...)
  
  That point in time is forever for me. I'll spend a few thousand on a really good bike before I buy a car that needs regular software updates
  
  Oh, it still is.
  
  Hard agree...

I'm so sorry Jesus, I just wanted to play some tarkov
- Believe it or not, straight to hell.

But what if I'm on the fence and I'm trying out Linux?
- This is allowed.
  
  @deaffish @ArchmageAzor
  See another stupid repost
- Sink or swim! Embrace chaos! Constant confusion builds character.

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.

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
- Shed? What quality shed do you have that you feel comfortable using it for VR?
  
  It's more like a detached room in the back yard, like a small granny flat. I've been using it as a workshop but I don't use it nearly enough to justify so repurposing it to be an art studio for my wife, as well as a VR space for me that i can have my racing sim rig setup. Also planning on building a VR pinball cabinet.

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.
  
  Found out that on the kalman filter branch thaytan is still updating it https://github.com/thaytan/OpenHMD/tree/rift-kalman-filter haven't tried out yet, because I am busy with getting my skr mini e3 reissued.

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
  
  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
- Just want to use Dolby Atmos and for audio to keep working on Firefox after I'm done watching a movie

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.

Sorry, I am a sinner.

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
- Anyone know of some good automation to keep Windows VMs up to date?
  
  WSUS
- You reminded me that I have a Windows VM.
  
  Sorry.

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 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.
- 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've got it on a vm for work stuff and shit, but raw metal is only for unix based OS ;)

The drive isn't even hooked up I swear!
- lol Mine is hooked up. But don’t worry, I fucked up the boot loader options on install and can’t load it anyways

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

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 30€ for it nor finish it in one breath.

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?
  
  The other benefit is there's no fun and games on the windows boot so i can't get distracted from work. If it was just a quick shortcut away I'd get nothing done.
  
  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?

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

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.

That's why you don't dual boot.
Linux all the way.

I wish I could delete that partition for good, but my computer grqphics professor forces me to write code for DirectX instead of Vulkan.

i have a windows dual boot only for adobe and fl in case i ever wanna use it again. im 99.9% on linux nowadays (except at work)