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!

  • Jumuta@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I did a similar thing when starting out with KDE neon, but I found having windows annoying as it would keep breaking Linux’s bootloader (grub) randomly because Microsoft is an asshole.

    On my laptop, I ended up removing the windows disk altogether, and it’s a much nicer experience.

    Dual boot might be necessary at first, but if you can just boot Linux and use a windows vm on it, that would probably be a better idea.

    • falsem@kbin.social
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      2 years ago

      My suggestion is to have separate boot loaders on separate drives then switch using your BIOS.

    • ward2k@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      From experience windows only seems to screw grub If they’re installed on the same drive, I use seperate drives for windows/Linux and haven’t noticed any issues

      • Jumuta@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        2 years ago

        I used seperate drives, and installed Windows and Linux seperately before connecting them to the same pc, but I still had the problem.