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Cause it's not fun having to reboot every time you want to run a Windows program, especially if it means dealing with Windows nagging.

atemerev 2y ago
I can live with this if I occasionally want to play so-called “AAA” games. I don’t use Windows for anything else.
- hot_gril 2y ago
  In a way, it's worse the less frequently you want to play, cause it means you'll have to wait for Windows updates every time. But it works.
creshal 2y ago
If you're careful with how you handle the ESP and other shared drives on Linux's side, I found it reasonably ergonomic to suspend to disk, rather than hard shut down, when switching between OSes. At least back when win10 was new, Proton is good enough that I haven't needed Windows in a good few years.
marginalia_nu 2y ago
It's actually a pretty good thing to compartmentalize your computer. I use it to reduce procrastination. Put all your fun things on one OS (or user account), and all your business stuff on another (possibly blocking distractions via hosts or firewall rules); and you've added a bunch of friction to switching from work to play. Not that it can't be done, but it needs to be a deliberate choice and you can't just bounce between them.
- dotnet00 2y ago
  I've found that this only works in very specific circumstances. If you have any flexibility to your work schedule (which is a lot more common nowadays with any amount of remote work) this becomes massively inconvenient, as every small context switch means reseting your current system state (eg closing your dev tools). I don't really have a set work schedule, so it's normal for me to jump between a work context and a play context. It's much easier to do by very rarely rebooting my computer (once or twice a month), so I can always pick up where I left off. The regularly scheduled update meetings do a good enough job of keeping procrastination in check.
- hot_gril 2y ago
  Better to quit playing video games altogether

atemerev 2y ago

I can live with this if I occasionally want to play so-called “AAA” games. I don’t use Windows for anything else.

hot_gril 2y ago
In a way, it's worse the less frequently you want to play, cause it means you'll have to wait for Windows updates every time. But it works.

creshal 2y ago

If you're careful with how you handle the ESP and other shared drives on Linux's side, I found it reasonably ergonomic to suspend to disk, rather than hard shut down, when switching between OSes. At least back when win10 was new, Proton is good enough that I haven't needed Windows in a good few years.

marginalia_nu 2y ago

It's actually a pretty good thing to compartmentalize your computer. I use it to reduce procrastination. Put all your fun things on one OS (or user account), and all your business stuff on another (possibly blocking distractions via hosts or firewall rules); and you've added a bunch of friction to switching from work to play. Not that it can't be done, but it needs to be a deliberate choice and you can't just bounce between them.

dotnet00 2y ago
I've found that this only works in very specific circumstances. If you have any flexibility to your work schedule (which is a lot more common nowadays with any amount of remote work) this becomes massively inconvenient, as every small context switch means reseting your current system state (eg closing your dev tools). I don't really have a set work schedule, so it's normal for me to jump between a work context and a play context. It's much easier to do by very rarely rebooting my computer (once or twice a month), so I can always pick up where I left off. The regularly scheduled update meetings do a good enough job of keeping procrastination in check.
hot_gril 2y ago
Better to quit playing video games altogether