Sorry but using less Windows via dual boot setup > Not using Linux at all.
Whatever works for people is the right choice.
this post was submitted on 22 Apr 2025
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I'm building a dedicated windows VR gaming PC that can live in my shed so I don't have to dual boot windows to use my racing sim.
Yes Linux and proton have come a long way, and for the most part is more than good enough. But for certain things (like my HP Reverb G2, or proprietary sim racing hardware drivers) it's just easier to pirate windows
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Sadly I have to waste 512gb of ssd for windows because oculus rift cv1 drivers are not finished and haven't been worked on for a year I think...
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Yeah, I dual boot Windows
's ass outta my system >:C
I just wanna use my hdr monitor bro
HDR works pretty well on the latest KDE versions
yeah nah couldn't get it to work and I'm not playing around with it anymore I tried for weeks windows just works when it just works on mint I'll nuke windows
Mint uses Cinnamon desktop, which currently only supports Xorg. For HDR support you need something with Wayland and pretty up to date.
cinnamon has experimental wayland support I tried that I tried stuff based on KDE I tried gamescope none of it worked I'm not looking for support I looked for it it doesn't work right now for me
gnome has HDR, idk how well it works or how much gnome distrupts your workflow
no
I mean if you dont like gnome its fine, but still better than using windows, what's the hold up?
no it's not and I literally said I'm done messing about when mint supports hdr windows is gone
Hell yeah, another HDR lover on Lemmy! Now there's two of us!
That's the main reason why I use Win11 as my primary OS. 10's HDR support is half-assed, and KDE's is even worse. Linux doesn't even support nVidia GPUs properly, so SDR-to-HDR conversion is missing for both YouTube and local videos. And since Win10 doesn't have AutoHDR for games, that leaves 11 as my only choice if I want to play games and watch videos in HDR with minimal hassle.
(edit: And yes I know that converting to HDR isn't as good as real HDR; but IDC cause it looks amazing to me, especially in the highlights.)
Just want to use Dolby Atmos and for audio to keep working on Firefox after I'm done watching a movie
Windows to my linux partition:
(this is why I wont dual boot)
I used to have 2 ssds with one for Windows, the other for Linux. When I needed more space for games I just gave up on Windows and haven't since looked back. (Also converted one of my friends to dual-booting Mint).
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Separate hard drives fixes this one.
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Sorry, I am a sinner.
It only ever exists as a VM, and I boot it up rarely as it deserves this purgatory.
I also got a VM, it gets used for exactly 2 pieces of software, ElvisMX and Multisim
You reminded me that I have a Windows VM.
Sorry.
Anyone know of some good automation to keep Windows VMs up to date?
WSUS
I remember one time after checking out Ubuntu when I went back to Windows, my PC would ask if I wanted to boot into Windows or Windows.
I haven't used windows since 2023, or so, but what's the problem with using Windows alongside Linux? Sometimes you just need Windows, and Wine isn't always the answer. Although, I must admit, Linux gaming has reached the point where Windows is needed (probably?) only for games with anti-cheat.
Linux is the Nancy Kerrigan to Window's Tonya Harding when they're partitions of the same drive is the real problem.
hdr as well as anti-cheat though for me it's just that really as I don't play multiplayer so once hdr works on mint windows is getting nuked
I've got it on a vm for work stuff and shit, but raw metal is only for unix based OS ;)
The drive isn't even hooked up I swear!
lol Mine is hooked up. But donβt worry, I fucked up the boot loader options on install and canβt load it anyways
I still turn it on every few months. It's helpful to make sure that kernel works fine and it's just my VGA port making trouble. Also some beta stuff doesn't work on Linux. When friends call me to play a game that doesn't work properly after a quick install I don't have the time to search on forums. If someone could tell me how to run pirated Hades II I would be glad. It only start up once and 2nd time it crashes. I'm not gonna pay 30β¬ for it nor finish it in one breath.
I have Windows on separate drive, but I haven't used it in years (I mean, I launched it recently once to check if a hardware issue I was having was Linux specific β it wasn't). I'm planning to delete it to reclaim the space, but I think I have some files I want to get from there but I don't want to go through the entire file system to find them, so it's just sitting there lol
I have some software that doesnt work with wine or anything else the like Ive tried, and doesnt seem to have a linux equivalent that I can find. Ive only been using linux a few months now, so maybe theres some other options that Im missing, but how else does one deal with that apart from booting back into the old windows install whenever I need that specific software?
Have you tried a virtual machine?
The other benefit is there's no fun and games on the windows boot so i can't get distracted from work. If it was just a quick shortcut away I'd get nothing done.
Theyve looked a bit daunting to set up, so not just yet. But isnt that effectively the same thing, still running windows for those programs just without having to actually sign out of the linux partition to do it?
Yeah, but it's nice to just be able to use your windows software without needing to bootup windows, and then after you've finished reboot into linux.
Isn't vm performance terrible?
Well you gotta give your VM a little more juice than just one CPU core and 4 MB of RAM :)
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Run Windows in a VM
Any software that doesn't work work in a VM doesn't deserve to work at all
Itβs technically there on a separate drive entirely, but I havenβt touched it in at least a year. Probably gonna have to when I need to brush up for my cert renewal though 
Naw, separate machines. One for VR, opening my office Access files, the Adobe suite. And another one with Linux I use for most everything. Dual booting is sometimes problematic.
That's why you don't dual boot.
Linux all the way.
I wish I could delete that partition for good, but my computer grqphics professor forces me to write code for DirectX instead of Vulkan.
i have a windows dual boot only for adobe and fl in case i ever wanna use it again. im 99.9% on linux nowadays (except at work)