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Thinking about ditching Windows, finally. Thoughts? (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 week ago by joaomarrom@hexbear.net to c/technology@hexbear.net

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Hey comrades, I've just purchased a new motherboard and an MP44L SSD to put my OS and my currently-playing games in. The thing is, I also thought that this would be the perfect time to finally make the switch into Linux and a more FOSS-based approach to the time I spend using my computer.

I tried Linux like twenty years ago and did not adapt to it at all. Nowadays I'm much more knowledgeable about computers in a general way but I have a massive blind spot when it comes to Linux. I want to ditch Windows but frankly don't even know where to start the switch.

So I have the following questions, I hope you can help me figure things out:

1 - Is dual-boot a plausible thing? Like, having a Linux distro installed for everyday usage, and Windows for gaming only?

2 - Speaking of which, I've heard good things about gaming on SteamOS. What's going on with that? Honestly, I'm completely clueless and I thought it was a proprietary OS for the Steam Deck. Is it already available for PCs? Also, is it safe? I don't want to just switch the company that has me under their thumb from MS to Valve.

3 - Are there any pages / youtube channels / other kinds of resources you would recommend, so that I can do some learning?

Thanks!

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[–] PorkrollPosadist@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Dual boot is totally viable, but much less necessary than it used to be. I did it for a long time and finally stopped about a year ago.

If you choose to dual boot, I recommend partitioning the disk using the Linux installer first (leaving space for Windows), then installing Windows, then actually installing Linux. Also, Linux and Windows will fight over whether your hardware clock is in local time or UTC. The path of least resistance is to configure Linux to use local time (this is an additional step to setting your timezone). Finally, Windows has a feature called "fast start-up" which effectively hibernates the OS when you shut off the computer. This will make the NTFS (Windows) filesystem inaccessible on Linux. You should disable this feature.

[–] CleverOleg@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago

Yeah I recommend against dual booting. I did it, and I still have my Windows partition because I’ve found it’s not all that easy to remove a partition safely.

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