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the games I play don't support Linux

by reddozen 11mo ago

Pooge 11mo ago
Isn't dual-booting convenient for you? I've never done it myself.
- rkomorn 11mo ago
  I like Linux, it's my laptop daily driver, but there's nothing I would do on Linux on my gaming PC that I can't do on Windows. Linux just has no upside over Windows in a dual boot context.
  - Pooge 11mo ago
    > Linux just has no upside over Windows in a dual boot context If you do dual-boot and don't care about the privacy of the data you put into Windows, I guess so.
    - rkomorn 11mo ago
      If I dual-boot, I have to maintain both OSes no matter what. I also personally keep no data on my devices, but if I did, having data that I need to reboot to get to would be friction I don't want.
      - Pooge 11mo ago
        > I also personally keep no data on my devices Now I get your point. But still I would prefer to access my "personal" accounts from a device I trust. Do you use a cloud service for your files?
        rkomorn 11mo ago
        Yep. I've been a paying Google Workspace user for almost 20 years now (in the various iterations of the product name). Some stuff goes in GitHub, none of which I actually truly care about though. I'm sure you'll groan. :) But hey, if it's good enough for Cloudflare and Datadog (two past employers), it's good enough for me. I also may be weird because I don't own any media and I'm perfectly happy with the streaming model. I enjoy not having the mental load of thinking about self-hosting and backing up terabytes of stuff. I feel "lightweight" and I like it.
        Pooge 11mo ago
        Yeah it makes it very easy to be OS-independant. I have backups of my whole home directory so if anything goes awry I can just reinstall software as I go and restore my config files from the most recent backup. I have a Nextcloud instance for family to store files, though.
      - themaninthedark 11mo ago
        If you dual booted but wanted access to your data from either OS, you could easily set up a data drive/ partition that both OSes can access.
        rkomorn 11mo ago
        Yeah, but presumably that's not acceptable to the person who talks about "(not) caring about the privacy of data you put in windows" in the ancestor comment, which is why I mentioned rebooting.
- subscribed 11mo ago
  Dual booting with windows running on the same box? Sooner or later windows WILL destroy the other system.
  - rkomorn 11mo ago
    That or you'll get into an argument with UEFI/Windows/Bitlocker.
  - jimangel2001 11mo ago
    I've been dual booting windows/arch for almost 1 years now. Except the rare case that windows fucks my grub and I have to mkconfig again it'd been smooth sailing.
    - subscribed 11mo ago
      Good luck. And I'm not sarcastic. I have them on the separate nvmes and I disable Linux nvme before I boot into windows. Last time I accidentally inserted encrypted pendrive I use in Linux when my windows was booted, it immediately offered razing the partition to the ground, creating a new one and quick formatting it. Very helpfully "OK" was preselected. If I was a bit more tired I'd be a bit sad. Windows is intentionally hostile to anything non-windows. Enjoy your dual booting while it lasts :)
- Fabricio20 11mo ago
  Dual booting is the worst possible combination, given that any windows update will kill the linux bootloader (major update to be fair, but it will happen and then you have to recovery iso to fix the bootloader every time). Plus having to disable all boot optimizations on the windows side because of tainted filesystem that linux can't figure out without risk of data destruction. I'd rather just use a VM - but the same games that don't run on linux also dont want you playing in a VM.
  - righthand 11mo ago
    This is no longer true, and has been for close to a decade now. If you sandbox the Windows bootloader in a directory it will not be able to mess up your custom boot loading config, especially booting to the kernel from UEFI.
Ylpertnodi 11mo ago
The Daws of my choice do not run on Linux.

the games I play don't support Linux

Pooge 11mo ago

Isn't dual-booting convenient for you? I've never done it myself.

rkomorn 11mo ago
I like Linux, it's my laptop daily driver, but there's nothing I would do on Linux on my gaming PC that I can't do on Windows. Linux just has no upside over Windows in a dual boot context.
- Pooge 11mo ago
  > Linux just has no upside over Windows in a dual boot context If you do dual-boot and don't care about the privacy of the data you put into Windows, I guess so.
  - rkomorn 11mo ago
    If I dual-boot, I have to maintain both OSes no matter what. I also personally keep no data on my devices, but if I did, having data that I need to reboot to get to would be friction I don't want.
    - Pooge 11mo ago
      > I also personally keep no data on my devices Now I get your point. But still I would prefer to access my "personal" accounts from a device I trust. Do you use a cloud service for your files?
      - rkomorn 11mo ago
        Yep. I've been a paying Google Workspace user for almost 20 years now (in the various iterations of the product name). Some stuff goes in GitHub, none of which I actually truly care about though. I'm sure you'll groan. :) But hey, if it's good enough for Cloudflare and Datadog (two past employers), it's good enough for me. I also may be weird because I don't own any media and I'm perfectly happy with the streaming model. I enjoy not having the mental load of thinking about self-hosting and backing up terabytes of stuff. I feel "lightweight" and I like it.
        Pooge 11mo ago
        Yeah it makes it very easy to be OS-independant. I have backups of my whole home directory so if anything goes awry I can just reinstall software as I go and restore my config files from the most recent backup. I have a Nextcloud instance for family to store files, though.
    - themaninthedark 11mo ago
      If you dual booted but wanted access to your data from either OS, you could easily set up a data drive/ partition that both OSes can access.
      - rkomorn 11mo ago
        Yeah, but presumably that's not acceptable to the person who talks about "(not) caring about the privacy of data you put in windows" in the ancestor comment, which is why I mentioned rebooting.
subscribed 11mo ago
Dual booting with windows running on the same box? Sooner or later windows WILL destroy the other system.
- rkomorn 11mo ago
  That or you'll get into an argument with UEFI/Windows/Bitlocker.
- jimangel2001 11mo ago
  I've been dual booting windows/arch for almost 1 years now. Except the rare case that windows fucks my grub and I have to mkconfig again it'd been smooth sailing.
  - subscribed 11mo ago
    Good luck. And I'm not sarcastic. I have them on the separate nvmes and I disable Linux nvme before I boot into windows. Last time I accidentally inserted encrypted pendrive I use in Linux when my windows was booted, it immediately offered razing the partition to the ground, creating a new one and quick formatting it. Very helpfully "OK" was preselected. If I was a bit more tired I'd be a bit sad. Windows is intentionally hostile to anything non-windows. Enjoy your dual booting while it lasts :)
Fabricio20 11mo ago
Dual booting is the worst possible combination, given that any windows update will kill the linux bootloader (major update to be fair, but it will happen and then you have to recovery iso to fix the bootloader every time). Plus having to disable all boot optimizations on the windows side because of tainted filesystem that linux can't figure out without risk of data destruction. I'd rather just use a VM - but the same games that don't run on linux also dont want you playing in a VM.
- righthand 11mo ago
  This is no longer true, and has been for close to a decade now. If you sandbox the Windows bootloader in a directory it will not be able to mess up your custom boot loading config, especially booting to the kernel from UEFI.

Ylpertnodi 11mo ago

The Daws of my choice do not run on Linux.