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This raises an interesting point actually… I have a new Win11 machine but my old Win10 one is just being kept around for low level, non essential tasks. I don’t have any essential apps left on there really now. I signed up for that extra year of Microsoft support that was offered but when that runs out I guess what a perfect time to have a play with Linux and see what all the fuss is about.
Just do it
You’re describing the oldest Linux gateway in the book—experimenting with a secondary device. Make sure you copy any data you care about off your PC, pick a distro that looks neat, and try it out!
Don’t worry too much about picking the “right” or “wrong” distro. It’s very easy to switch once you get the hang of Linux in general.
If you have an open drive, dual-boot is a easy risk-free way to try it out without losing anything. Of course, after trying the linux install for the first time a few months back, the only reason I opened Windows was to pull files off of before I wiped it.
Pro tip: If you dual boot, don’t just wipe the windows drive when you’re done with it without a plan. I erased my boot loader and my PC didn’t know where linux was any more and it was a whole thing.
This is what I did. There is still 1 thing I need windows for that has yet to support Linux and I haven’t gotten the work-around method to yield good performance yet. So I gave Windows its own drive. Linux is now my daily driver and I just boot into Win 11 when I need it. Everything works great save for Windows forgetting what time it is because I was booted into Linux previously.
I welcome all windows refugees. Join us when you are ready and your use case is met.
When Linux can give me apps that I need and can use then I switch 100%. Until then will have to keep using 10 for now.
What apps do you still need?
You can always run windows on a VM within linux. You can passthrough any required hardware. And windows actually runs better in a VM than on baremetal.
Personally, I’ve not needed windows for anything in a while.
And windows actually runs better in a VM than on baremetal.
Please elaborate how you arrived at this conclusion.
Ok. Case closed then.
I’ve got a checklist of what needs to run well in order to switch, but Lutris just gave a big AI fuck you to users so I’m not hopping yet.
What’s the checklist?
I was hesistant switching at first until I did the full dive and realize most of the things on my checklist wasn’t really an absolute must.
The surface pro 3 still runs the same shit it came with in 2016? and my girlfriend mocked me for spending so much money. I guess I gotta move on.
