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"Linux? Those guys who like to talk about themselves?" (thelemmy.club)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
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[–] 9 points 2 months ago (7 children)

I use Windows 10, and I think about switching to Linux all the time. I just feel like i need atleast two whole days to backup all my important stuff, to wipe all drives clean, to config everything, but I just don't know when I have those 2-3 days

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  • [–] 13 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    I just got a second SSD and installed Linux on it and in BIOS I set the boot order to boot from the Linux drive. Still have my SSD with Windows 10 in case I need it. During boot, I then can just press F8 and select the boot drive, should I desire to use my Windows 10 drive. Easy.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I second this if you can afford the extra drive.

    I just realized I haven't touched the windows one in almost a year. Time to format and clear up space for torrents.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Yeah I purchased the second drive just when I saw they were about to get really expensive. I actually used my Windows drive recently, cos there was an open playtest of an upcoming game I am looking really forward to, and at that ran only on Windows, although the official release is planned for Linux as well.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    My motherboard only has one m.2 slot, and I don't want to run an OS from a SATA drive or buy any more adapters and drives so I do need to wipe it all

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    What I did was clone my windows drive as a virtual machine on an external drive, like a flash drive, then, I wiped the drive, installed kubuntu, moved the VM back to the drive, and when I run into something that I'm like "I can't find an alternative to this app on Linux" or "I need a copy of that one thing from my old windows install" I just boot it up, use the app and do what I need, or transfer the file over, and I'm good.

    In my case I will admit, I did not wipe the windows drive and ended up dual booting, but not very often, just because I haven't been able to get a vm to run smooth using virtual manager since I switched, running windows or Linux, pretty sure it's because of Nvidia and their proprietary driver. If I don't need GPU, I can use the VM just fine. But for specific games or software, switching to Windows on bare metal is handy.

    I'd say the VM thing isn't the best solution to the problem you're facing, but it is a solution that can make the transition a little easier, it helped for me anyways, so I figured I'd share.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    2-3 days seems very optimistic, but it depends how much you enjoy tinkering with your setup.

    Maybe consider dual-booting so you can go back to windows if something urgent comes up while you migrate.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    another good tip Ive read is to use software that has both linux and windows support and try using it on windows first. For me the hardest part of migrating from windows to linux was switching from lightroom to darktable. it just took me time to be motivated to put in the time to learn how darktable worked, and look up peoples workflows, plus setup a good import schema

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Try Linux on a USB stick in live mode (JUST DON'T PRESS INSTALL YET) . It will be a bit slower than a direct drive boot but you can play around with Linux and get to like it without having to wreck all your windows stuff or wipe any drives.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    My wife is in the same boat. But it's more like 2 weeks, 2-3 days to migrate and the rest to get used to the different OS. After that you're good forever though (at least until you see new shiny distro come out)

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