Comment on Not even the ghost of obsolescence can coerce users onto Windows 11
flicker@kbin.social 11 months ago
I haven't moved to Linux because I work in healthcare and do 12 hour shifts and do not have the time needed to-
- Wipe anything
- Reinstall anything
- Learn new things and finally
- Use my computer.
The last one is the real pain. I'll tell ya though, if I ever get to sit at my computer again I'll learn how to unfuck it and I hope by then there's some easy to access resources for learning a system!
eruchitanda@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Don’t wipe-out everything. Grub Linux Mint/Fedora iso, and install it to be alongside Windows.
When you have free time, play with it.
seaQueue@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Or do what I do for a portable install. Stick an old SATA or NVMe drive in a good USB enclosure (one that supports TRIM and doesn’t have dodgy drivers) plug that in, plug in an install ISO flash drive, boot the flash drive and install directly into the external drive. Then just plug it in and boot it when you want to use Linux, or unplug it and use Windows. Boom, persistent emergency OS that you can use anywhere.
Acters@lemmy.world 11 months ago
When you want to go overboard because you want more fun, get enterprise equipment and get proxmox running with all kinds of virtual machines running with whatever you please.
Taleya@aussie.zone 11 months ago
This is literally what i’m doing for apps that have to have w10 (and fuck you cricut). Got an r210 coming i’m gonna slap proxmox on with with w10 and XP (walled, it’s for specific legacy camera hardware) vms