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Which is the better option + spinning a vm is possible and ltsc the only issue is I have to repirte a windows license for ltsc(and according to Microsoft ltsc was mostly designed for embedded systems) thanks for any help and I decided to post it on the linux community bcs I couldn't find a suitable place to post it and this is related to linux but man I love linux tho and if I go with the jumpship method I have to sadly leave some games behind like roblox (it's fine due to some moderation issues bad games etc etc but ngl its a fun game ik sober exists but i kinda dont wanna use a android emulator to play roblox i could use it since its our only option for linux and also i need to wait some time for my affinity subscription to end orrrr i try running it on bottles/wine again)
Edit: I have delete roblox due to 2 reasons one to ease deleting windows and their management

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (2 children)

If you need Windows for some applications (e.g. Fusion, Call of Duty, etc.), dual boot it , but only the LTSC versions of it. Here are the links for the LTSC versions of Windows. I know that they're not from the official source, but I checked them and the checksums match. Otherwise, use Linux.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 35 minutes ago

best answer here fr but i changed my mind i might use linux when i dont need any windows only apps.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

These folks that I linked to are also responsible for Microsoft activation scripts. So if you want to show your middle finger with your wallet to Microsoft, you can do it with that script.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

As long as you have your windows license key you can change your mind later so really you can do whatever. I'd recommend giving 100% linux a try if that seems fun. Obviously you're gonna want to back up any interesting files that you have on windows either way.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

full linux right?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

My experience : jump ships. Dual-boot is unpractical. I dual-booted my PC at first, but that makes you remain on what's comfortable, and that's windows. Swallow the hard pill and leave windows behind. If you're already working mostly with OSS software (surf with Firefox, use LibreOffice, etc) than it's not that hard.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago

I had a dual boot machine for a year or so when i first used linux. Never actually went into windows the whole time

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I used to use softwares like libreoffice,firefox and photopea when i was on windows anyways so yh.
I decided i want affinity got the 6 month trial found out its quite useless but not bad, photopeas can do 90% of it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Eh, you've already dual booted and "used linux more and more," unless you can think of a reason why you'd really need windows, and since you're already comfortable with linux, you might as well switch fully if you think you're ready.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

i am gonna be fully ready on april 2025 ngl

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Depends on your needs. If you use any proprietary production tools like Photoshop, you may still need to keep Windows on the side. As for myself, unless the user really gets used to Linux, gains some experience, I do not advise to switch to Linux fully. I've seen so many people who did this and returned back to Windows.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

i am getting rid of softawre that do not work on linux soon, and most of the apps and games i use work on linux.

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

That's a good. You may still keep Windows on the side to use just in case. And you may use Linux all the time until you get really used to it. Then you may totally remove it sometime. I advise you to keep it until you're really sure.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Whats the point of keeping windows if 1. Windows 10 is ending support next year 2. If I get rid of all the non linux software it will be useless

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 hours ago

If you have a laptop and a desktop put it on the laptop fully rather than dual boot

Until proton came out I kept dual booting but I always ended up booting into windows because I didn't know how to do x on Linux

When I just wiped windows completely and put it on my laptop I distro hopped for a bit but never went back

Ended up switching my PC over too after about 6 months and I no longer own any windows machines, nor feel the need to besides the odd firmware upgrade of a peripheral or something

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I'd say dual boot. Jumping ship from windows to linux without it is very hard, especially if you enjoy playing a windows-only game or rely on windows-only software. A virtual machine can work for some basic software, but you need to do GPU passt trough to the VM to be able to game at all, which is a... let's just say not insignificant amount of messing around and configuring stuff.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I can quit all the windows software it's not hard for me

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I'd still recommend dual booting, just in case...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

hm around 24 people recommend to fully delete windows, 8 recommend dualbooting, yeah i counted it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

That’s not a good sample though. This place will shill Linux all day long and are biased in that direction.

I am contemplating the same, but the amount of time I’ll have to put into figure out if I can use my 4060TI with it, or what games I’ll be able to play etc and configure it how I want it is not a small amount of time or research.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Something I did that helped make the jump was buying a separate drive to put linux on and removing my windows drive. It makes the act of switching back to windows take more effort, but didn't remove the possibility altogether.

I also got an enclosure for my M.2 and can use the windows drive as a super fast thumb drive and use that to transfer the files from the windows drive that I care to keep on linux. (none of it is critical, not worth doing proper back ups)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

This is a great middle ground suggestion

[–] [email protected] 5 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

All advice here seems to focus on linux, but I'd say rip that bandaid off first. Go cold turkey on roblox. That shit is the worst cancer to come out of something that was fun initially.

Not in four months to a year. Yesterday. Learn to control your impulses first and the rest will fall into place, whichever way you go.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago

It's also bcs of affinity btw idk why i didn't mention it

[–] [email protected] 15 points 19 hours ago

Why wait? Dual boot, get cozy, still have the ability to go back to Windows if needed, find alternative apps, and soon enough, you won't need the Windows partition :) Worked for my partner, my brother, and myself

[–] [email protected] 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Dual boot and give it a shot.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago

Yeah I did I was using linux more and more

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago (4 children)

When I left for Linux I had to give up League of Legends. I sucked it up, & after a month, I was fine without it & it was better since I knew it wouldn’t be worth the effort even trying to install it on Linux.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 20 hours ago

Start using it now in a VM. Linux has gotten very user friendly over the years but it's still a completely different system with different design philosophies. Ease into it now and test the water with different distros

[–] [email protected] 10 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Dualboot definitely, don't belive anything other than that, taking slow the only good way

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