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How reliable dual booting has been for you? (self.linux)
submitted 1 year ago by mrvictory1 to c/linux
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I currently have 2 PCs which dual-boot from single drive:

  • W10+Garuda on UEFI
  • W10+Pop OS on previously CSM, now migrated to UEFI

I have used dual boot for 2 years and Windows never decided to play the boss and override Linux. In fact, some Linux distros overwrote existing bootloader and put their own in my experience. I didn't have many problems and if I did, they were easy to fix. I even play Steam games from NTFS on both PCs. On the contrary, I heard many horror stories, dual booting is avoided and not recommended to newcomers by most users. How is your experience with dual booting Linux and Windows? Did Windows ever deleted Linux bootloader on updates for you?

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[–] MajorHavoc 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I use a lot of Windows, but I usually end up wiping the Windows partition to free space within six months, when I dual boot.

The performance is so much better on Linux on the same hardware, I just don't boot to Windows, unless it's the only OS that I have installed.

[–] mrvictory1 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

On 2nd PC I will delete everything and install Arch, I should have done that years ago when I initially made the switch. 1st PC is shared so dual boot is the only way.

[–] MajorHavoc 2 points 1 year ago

Oh, yeah, good point. I have done the same on a shared PC at some point. I recall being reasonably happy with that setup.