• blackjam_alex@lemmy.world
    701·
    2 months ago

    Sorry but using less Windows via dual boot setup > Not using Linux at all.

    Whatever works for people is the right choice.

    • Lem Jukes@lemm.eeEnglish
      32·
      2 months ago

      sure but this is linux memes , so nuance and rational thought mean dick all mehbreveh

        • Lem Jukes@lemm.eeEnglish
          5·
          2 months ago

          Please explain this to:

          -My Job

          And then subsequently(or convince my job to migrate to foss alts for the following)

          -Adobe

          -Autodesk

          -Vectric

          -Google(workspaces)

          -intuit

          -Trimble

    • SeekPie@lemm.ee
      4·
      2 months ago

      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).

  • simop_jo@lemmy.world
    19·
    2 months ago

    I know it’s Linux memes but its better than using a bit of both instead of but trying Linux at all. We need more casual people to try Linux. Not just diehards.

    Edit: typo

  • FrederikNJS@lemm.ee
    13·
    2 months ago

    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ been daily driving Linux for at least a decade now…

    But I haven’t found a way to run my HTC Vive on my nvidia gpu and the updater software for my car on Linux… So I still have a dual boot for those

    • iamnotafishuq@lemmy.zip
      9·
      2 months ago

      lol Mine is hooked up. But don’t worry, I fucked up the boot loader options on install and can’t load it anyways

  • finitebanjo@lemmy.world
    8·
    2 months ago

    You can dual boot Windows. I’m giving everyone here express permission. You can even mass grave up an LTSC copy of windows 10 for a couple of years, it’s all cool.

    Just be aware! Windows updates do fuck around with the hard drive partitions and MBR, so your copy of Linux might get bricked or partially overwritten once in awhile.

  • Vopyr@lemmy.world
    7·
    2 months ago

    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.

  • GojuRyu@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    2 months ago

    I dual booted my study pc. Well technically I did. I didn’t use windows for a few months without thinking about it and by then I was too afraid of windows corrupting my linux if I ever booted it. So I effectively just had a Linux machine with half half the disk space. Never had a problem with it though.

    • pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip
      4·
      2 months ago

      I was too afraid of windows corrupting my linux if I ever booted it. So I effectively just had a Linux machine with half half the disk space. Never had a problem with it though.

      That’s basically my story, as well.

      I eventually had a close call where Windows almost booted by misclick - and it scared me it was going to mess up the Linux install I actually use - and I decided the stress wasn’t worth it, to me, to keep a fallback copy of Windows around.

  • Die Martin Die@sh.itjust.works
    6·
    2 months ago

    Forgive me lord, for I have sinned.

    The great flood (me not charging my laptop and leaving it in a humid place for 1.5 years) got rid of that (and everything with it), tho

  • four@lemmy.zipEnglish
    6·
    2 months ago

    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 — 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

  • starman2112@sh.itjust.works
    5·
    2 months ago

    Hey Jesus can you help me get Disco Elysium running on Kubuntu? I would ask for help with Fusion360 but I would probably need your dad’s help with that

      • starman2112@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        2 months ago

        I try it every couple of months, but as long as it’s faster to boot into a Windows install and start Fusion360 than it is to learn how to make a cube in FreeCAD, I’m going to keep my windows install

      • BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 months ago

        I tried FreeCAD last week, and it was absolute trash. Extruding individual curves from a sketch as surfaces? Nah. Extruding multiple bodies from one sketch? Yes, but you can’t select them individually for subsequent operations. Are there synchronous modeling tools? I couldn’t find any. Rotation is terrible no matter which option I tried. If only I could get my SpacePilot Pro working with it. Can you even do any advanced surfacing? I could go on and on.

        I was hoping for something akin to SolidWorks, which is kind of a second-teir modeling software in my eyes, but it was just a little better than AutoCAD. Maybe I’m just spoiled with NX. I just found it completely unusable.

        • Spider89@lemm.ee
          1·
          2 months ago

          FreeCAD has a… different workflow… than other CAD’s. It’s confusing at first, but once learned, it’s pretty easy to use.

          I have used FreeCAD in place of Fusion360 for school and I found it better. Of course, not everyone will have basic operations and a different tool has a new learning curve.

          Keep in mind that FreeCAD is also in development. No company (that I know) backs the development, making an open-source versatile CAD software takes a lot of time and has a lot of bugs/limitations.

          I know I shouldn’t say this, but hopefully all tools (even non-free) will be available under Linux.