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290 points XzetaU8 | 5 comments | 23 Jul 25 09:33 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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jksflkjl3jk3 ◴[23 Jul 25 12:43 UTC] No.44658589[source]▶
I can never understand how anyone with an interest in tech hasn't switched to Linux for their personal desktop/laptop at some point in the last 20+ years.

Why would you want to use a closed source OS controlled by a corporation with a past as checkered as Microsoft's?

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shevis ◴[23 Jul 25 12:46 UTC] No.44658612[source]▶
Gaming. Linux gaming has come a long way (especially thanks to the steam deck) but the vast majority of games are still only released on Windows.
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__rito__ ◴[23 Jul 25 13:39 UTC] No.44659139[source]▶
What stops you from dual-booting?

You use Windows for games, and only games. For everything else, you use Linux.

This is a practical setup.

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1. dataflow ◴[23 Jul 25 15:54 UTC] No.44660622[source]▶
> This is a practical setup.

What if you need to check emails or take care of some other task mid-game?

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2. AndroidKitKat ◴[23 Jul 25 17:01 UTC] No.44661428[source]▶
This is what stops me from dual-booting. I don't enjoy Windows as much as the next person, but dual booting inevitably requires me to just duplicate logging into services and installing the same programs in both OSes, and then if I don't boot into one of the OSes for a while, I end up having to wait for updates (admittedly this is a much worse problem on Windows, but it's not not a problem for Linux) and any other things that need to happen just so I can use the computer.
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3. __rito__ ◴[23 Jul 25 18:08 UTC] No.44662197[source]▶
> check emails

I just do it on my phone if needed.

> some other task mid-game

Like what? Something taking long, serious, and business/work related? Then you are stopping to play anyway.

Or want to order something via Amazon? You can do it on the phone. The app or any browser is sufficient.

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4. dataflow ◴[23 Jul 25 21:27 UTC] No.44664223[source]▶
> I just do it on my phone if needed.

Do you have your phone by you all the time? Mine is always sitting somewhere, probably charging. On my laptop I just get a notification instantly showing me an email preview without me having to do anything. Having to go check my phone isn't a substitute for that.

> Like what? Something taking long, serious, and business/work related?

Like replying to a message? Going to fetch your phone and type on it is way more painful from than just pressing alt-tab and doing it on the computer.

> Like what? Something taking long, serious, and business/work related?

Do you have nothing long or serious outside of work? I just had to fill out some forms and do some shopping yesterday online for my personal life. That'd have been painful on the phone.

> Then you are stopping to play anyway.

Stopping the app loses your exact state... that's kind of the whole point of pausing the game.

5. dataflow ◴[23 Jul 25 21:38 UTC] No.44664326[source]▶
FWIW you have a partial solution here which is to run a VM that boots into the same system that you also dual boot into. It's still inconvenient, but not nearly as bad as having to terminate your app and reboot.