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I hate comments that are like “oh if only Linux could run Whatever” etc. You can have more than one computer (or partition), and you can have more than one OS. Windows isn’t going to divorce you if you spend time with Linux.
No, but it sure is annoying having to switch in the middle of doing something especially when you're working. (Also, there's that pesky thing that happened to me as well where windows doesn't play nice with the Linux boot partition and fucks it up) So there's always going to be a main os. If you're fortunate enough you can use an old laptop for windows. Or, if your computer is powerful enough run an windows VM. For me, Gnome Boxes offered a really easy to use experience of running windows. It worked out of the box, no special tweaks.
I installed Garuda on my wife's gaming machine last autumn, dual boot with Windows. I haven't seen her using Windows since then, and she said she hasn't. She loves it btw, says, even better graphics in some games. And KDE is an eye candy anyways.
If you don't turn on windows of course you won't have problems.
If I ever dual boot again, Windows will be on it's own HDD.
WSL enters the chat.
It works great too. Day to day I'll be building Linux code, running IntelliJ under X, installing docker containers and doing other stuff all from a Windows desktop.
Similar. WSL is fucking good, at least for me. It was a surprisingly good move from MS.
The downside to WSL is that you have to give money to, as well as deal with the corporate bullshit of, Microsoft, which defeats a significant chunk of why people use Linux in the first place.
You can use Linux and Windows at the same time with WSL. Works extremely well for people who develop Linux but also need Windows stuff.
Hmm, WSL has created more issues for me than I’d cared for. I don’t think it’s an ideal solution.
I don't think any solution is ideal but imo it's better than dual booting.