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    [–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Totally get it. I’ve got 1-2 pieces of hardware that are also windows dependent, so I still need to find solutions for them. Otherwise it’s exactly what you say, a few specific use cases that can’t be replicated.

    It can be mitigated by adding a second, lesser gpu to use for a Linux main host and then pass the main gpu through to windows, but that’s contingent on 2 gpus. I’d need a new case and to watercool mine to do it, so I figure I’m just going to wait until I do a full upgrade and then run Linux as the main. I’ve had a great experience with Pop_OS on desktop so far.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Don't get me started on Linux and GPUs... Getting a laptop with dGPU to actually use both iGPU and dGPU and be able to switch between them is such a pain under Linux. Under Windows it's as easy as just installing Windows. If you are really eager, you'd also install a driver directly from the GPU manufacturer and not just grab the one from Windows Update. And configuring the switching is super easy as well.

    At least a year ago when I tried to set this up the last time, that was ~10h of work to get it working semi-decently on Linux.

    That's the point where the cost-benefit ratio goes out the window.