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Multi-booting means stopping what I am doing and rebooting. Unless I use two computers of course. But since I can only use one computer at a time (for many pr
by brudgers 3y ago
Multi-booting means stopping what I am doing and rebooting.
Unless I use two computers of course.
But since I can only use one computer at a time (for many practical definitions of "use"), I will probably use the computer that has all my tools on it.
And of course, Excel, etc. Which is why I went back to Windows after almost a decade of Linux as a daily driver. I am sure there are hills worth dying on, but Linux turned out not to be one of them for me.
- throwaway11460 3y agoSuspended virtual machine that you resume as needed might be a slightly better experience. Is there an app like Parallels on Mac that supports seamless mode - it merges the Windows apps with my other windows?
- kevinmershon 3y agovirtual box can do a seamless windows mode. It in't as slick as parallels but it is passable.
- brudgers 3y agoWell there’s WSL to run Linux in Windows. It’s just a feature to turn on. And before I started driving Linux daily, I ran Linux in VM’s for a couple of years to sandbox web browsers. This was before common browsers supported multiple identies. But your question highlights why I went back to Windows. I finding solving many classes of ordinary problems easier than reading Archwiki.
- bpye 3y agoI’ve found the Office web apps to be pretty good for my occasional use and they obviously work fine on Linux.
- brudgers 3y agoI used “Excel” metaphorically. Office Online doesn’t solve Photoshop, AutoCad, Ableton, utilities for configuring miscellaneous hardware, etc. etc. Like I said, I drove Linux daily for close to a decade. I found and used work-arounds. Going to Windows removed a lot of “arounds” and lets me spend more mental cycles on the work.