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My plan is to buy an NVMe today, install linux as a dual boot, but use linux as a daily driver, to see if it meets my needs before committing to it.

My main needs are gaming, local AI (stable diffusion and oobabooga), and browser stuff.

I have experience with Mint (recently) and Ubuntu (long ago). Any problems with my plan? Will my OS choice meet my needs?

Thanks!

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Dual-boot is the way to go TBH, especially with a NVME drive, even if you land on Linux as your daily driver

Reboot and switching OS if needed for compatibility is only a 30 second or less process.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

i dual boot Ubuntu and Windows 10.

Havent had issues much, even done upgrades of each. Ubuntu updates do sometimes trip out Bitlocker and prompt for a recovery key.

I have the same use case. Ubuntu for most things. Windows for gaming only.

I even do this with an eGPU. Ubuntu does well with it using X11 (not wayland) but requires reboots to connect/disconnect the pcie channels. Windows is better at it but struggles with USB enumerations on occaison.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I personally would recommend giving Fedora a shot

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago
[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

Garuda Linux and then VanillaOS when Orchid is out and you're a little more familiar with the system. :)

[-] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago

depending on your needs try WSL2 instead of dual booting. I've been linux or macos for quite a while in daily work as a programmer and kinda dig on WSL2 in Windows, particularly Win11 with the improved terminal. add Docker in the mix and there's nothing you can't do in that kind of environment that you'd be looking to do in a dedicated Linux boot...again dependin on what youre doing i guess.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

Can’t have WSL without Windows Pro.

Would rather avoid spending $100 just to enable virtual machines.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

WSL is available on Windows Home.
You're thinking about HyperV, not the "Virtual Machine Platform", the former require Pro+, and the latter is available on all (needs to be enabled), and is what enabled WSL, Docker, VirtualBox in HyperV.

Bad naming IMO and misused by many vendors.

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[-] [email protected] -5 points 2 years ago

You wont know for sure until you try. the main sticking point for gaming on linux is anti-cheat, so if you play a lot of games with that then you may run into some trouble. otherwise ProtonDB is your friend. Most games these days are pretty easy to get up and running.

A lot of AI tools are developed on linux anyway so you shouldn't encounter too many problems there.

Browsers are no problem at all. I recommend Firefox

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

libreoffice is also a good browser and you can brag that you have a light blue browser icon that no one else has

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