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There are downsides. First, it's an advanced technique not recommended for novices (too easy to destroy one OS or the other). Second, Windows will want to insta

There are downsides. First, it's an advanced technique not recommended for novices (too easy to destroy one OS or the other). Second, Windows will want to install updates every time you boot into it. I generally recommend... just having to computers.

Tenoke 5y ago
Another big downside is that restarting is annoying, you can't easily switch between different things you want to do (like say run a script while you wait for something in a game), and maintaining 2 systems is more hassle. That's why I just use WSL on my PC nowadays (though I have just Linux on my laptop).
- digitallyfree 5y ago
  That's why part of this is the mentality of treating the Windows partition as a game console - it's a seperate system from your main Linux workspace (generally when you play on your game console you're at your TV and not working at your computer as well). If you really want to do both at once then dual-booting is not the solution for you.
2OEH8eoCRo0 5y ago
I wonder if there could be a novice friendly "distro" that merely acts as a switch between operating systems. Like a fuller featured prettier GRUB. What can be done to make dual booting as easy for novices as possible?
- Tenoke 5y ago
  For years I've been dreaming of a thin hypervisor as an OS that allows me to easily change what resources I give to multiple opened VMs (e.g. a Windows and Linux one) without closing anything.
trelane 5y ago
Or you could stop giving money to companies that make it harder for you to migrate, and give the money to companies that make it easier... It's indeed possible to buy a different game, or even not buy a game at all!
- phendrenad2 5y ago
  Yeah but it's the prisoner's dilemma, unless everyone else also quits using Windows, you're just causing yourself pain.
  - trelane 5y ago
    Except it doesn't have to be painful, and it is (for me at least) be very rewarding and much better than Windows. And it's just entertainment.

Tenoke 5y ago

Another big downside is that restarting is annoying, you can't easily switch between different things you want to do (like say run a script while you wait for something in a game), and maintaining 2 systems is more hassle. That's why I just use WSL on my PC nowadays (though I have just Linux on my laptop).

digitallyfree 5y ago
That's why part of this is the mentality of treating the Windows partition as a game console - it's a seperate system from your main Linux workspace (generally when you play on your game console you're at your TV and not working at your computer as well). If you really want to do both at once then dual-booting is not the solution for you.

2OEH8eoCRo0 5y ago

I wonder if there could be a novice friendly "distro" that merely acts as a switch between operating systems. Like a fuller featured prettier GRUB. What can be done to make dual booting as easy for novices as possible?

Tenoke 5y ago
For years I've been dreaming of a thin hypervisor as an OS that allows me to easily change what resources I give to multiple opened VMs (e.g. a Windows and Linux one) without closing anything.

trelane 5y ago

Or you could stop giving money to companies that make it harder for you to migrate, and give the money to companies that make it easier... It's indeed possible to buy a different game, or even not buy a game at all!

phendrenad2 5y ago
Yeah but it's the prisoner's dilemma, unless everyone else also quits using Windows, you're just causing yourself pain.
- trelane 5y ago
  Except it doesn't have to be painful, and it is (for me at least) be very rewarding and much better than Windows. And it's just entertainment.