• Marc@feddit.deEnglish
    212·
    10 months ago

    I’ve already switched to Linux partially. My PC now dual boots to Manjaro and Windows. I won’t switch completely, but it’s great to have such an awesome alternative right there one click of a button away. And the funny thing is that I’m not even the only one amongst my friends to do that. We are now three already and we even game on Linux too.

    • blind3rdeye@lemm.eeEnglish
      5·
      10 months ago

      I set up Linux dual-boot as well, around half a year ago now. But I made (Mint) Linux the default boot option; so that when I turn on my computer, I get 3 seconds to interrupt it and choose Windows - otherwise it just starts Linux. And just like that, I’ve never used Windows again. There just hasn’t been any need or desire.

      If someone is setting up dual-boot with the hope of maybe switching to Linux, I’d say it’s import to make the Linux boot option the default. Otherwise they’ll still just be booting Windows most of the time out of habit, and never make the switch.

      • Marc@feddit.deEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        If all I did was just office tasks and browsing the web, I’d completely switch to Linux as well. But as a gamer, things start to become complicated very soon. Some games run perfectly fine, some don’t run at all. It’s hit or miss. That’s why I keep Windows around and boot it almost daily. But the situation of gaming on linux is improving currently, so I’m hoping for a bright future…

        • blind3rdeye@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          10 months ago

          So then set up dual boot, with default going to Linux, and if you ever find that a game you want to play won’t work for whatever reason just boot into Windows to play it. No big deal.

    • thorbot@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      I have Linux dual booted on my gaming PC and it struggles with a lot of games on my 3080 TI with intel i10. Just doesn’t work reliably so I still have to use windows sometimes. It sucks.

      • Marc@feddit.deEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        Yeah gaming on Linux can be frustrating at times. Some games work perfectly out of the box, some don’t even start or lag a lot. Especially on Nvidia graphics things get complicated. I’m an AMD user and everything is mostly working fine, but a friend of mine uses Nvidia and he struggles more with driver issues and missing Wayland support.

        • thorbot@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          10 months ago

          Yeah, its almost to the point where I just fire up Windows when I want to game because it always works. Everyone on here is like “linux is KING” but it still isn’t for gaming.