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[–] recarsion@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 month ago

The funniest thing is it doesn't even have to be this way with Windows. I've unfortunately had to go back to dual booting lately but I'm using Win 10 LTSC and I have to say I'm surprised how tolerable it is. I'd still rather not use it but eeh it's fine.

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[–] recarsion@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 months ago

Cool, thanks!

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[–] recarsion@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

that thing that renames stuff to non clickbait

Sounds like something I'd use, what is it called?

What is the most painless and minimal way to dual boot these days? in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] recarsion@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 months ago

It does look like the easiest option so I will definitely use it, thanks!

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[–] recarsion@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Fanatec racing wheel and pedals - although this one technically works on Linux as well through hid-fanatecff which is what I'm currently using but the official ones would be better

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[–] recarsion@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 months ago

Hm this sounds very interesting, it would be pretty convenient, I'll look into it

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[–] recarsion@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

NTFS does not count

Aren't NTFS and exFAT pretty much the only option?

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[–] recarsion@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Fair point, xkcd was right https://xkcd.com/2347/

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[–] recarsion@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Does it not? I've seen posts about grub being borked after Windows updates, or was that only on legacy BIOS systems?

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[–] recarsion@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 months ago (4 children)

I exhausted the WINE route, some games I want to play don't work with Proton no matter how much you tweak (the first time I'm running into this in a few years) as well as some additional software. There's also a driver I need to run that's technically available on Linux but it's a reverse engineered solution developed by one guy so who knows if it's gonna keep working.

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[–] recarsion@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I should have, gonna edit the post

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[–] recarsion@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Will it maybe work if I just unplug my Linux drive during the Win install?

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What is the most painless and minimal way to dual boot these days? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by recarsion@discuss.tchncs.de to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I've been happily Windows-free for about 5 years, but lately I need some Win-only software including a few games that don't work at all on Linux. My main questions:

How to avoid Windows messing with my Linux install? Having a separate PC is not possible for me right now. I'm considering uninstalling grub and instead selecting the boot device I want from UEFI, idk if this is advisable though.
I'm also interested in how to get a Windows install that's as minimal as possible: I don't want to log in to a Microsoft account, I don't want telemetry etc, I only want whatever is strictly required to make my system functional. The one thing I do want is Windows Defender cause ain't no way I'm dealing with an antivirus.
Should I go for Win 11 or stick to 10?

Any tips or experiences are welcome!

Ps: I know this information is probably all out there, but I thought a post in this community about it would be useful for others as well.

UPDATE: I ended up going with a regular old dual boot using Windows 10 iot LTSC - there's a few games I wanted to run and a driver as well so I chose to install directly on hardware as opposed to a VM. I created the install media using Ventoy, and UNPLUGGED EVERY OTHER DRIVE during installation except the one Windows was supposed to come on. Afterwards I had to boot in with a live Linux USB (the nice thing about Ventoy is that you can write multiple ISOs to your USB so it came in handy) to manually install rEFInd onto the original EFI partition that my Linux install uses, then I just had to set up the correct boot order in UEFI and everything is working. I also had to fuck around on the boot partition and with efibootmgr to remove all traces of grub so things don't get tangled up which was a bit scary but things are working perfectly now.