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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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should I completely jumpship to linux when windows 10 ends support/am ready or dualboot ltsc and linux (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Mwa@lemm.ee to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Which is the better option + spinning a vm is possible and ltsc the only issue is I have to repirte a windows license for ltsc(and according to Microsoft ltsc was mostly designed for embedded systems) thanks for any help and I decided to post it on the linux community bcs I couldn't find a suitable place to post it and this is related to linux but man I love linux tho and if I go with the jumpship method I have to sadly leave some games behind like roblox (it's fine due to some moderation issues bad games etc etc but ngl its a fun game ik sober exists but i kinda dont wanna use a android emulator to play roblox i could use it since its our only option for linux and also i need to wait some time for my affinity subscription to end orrrr i try running it on bottles/wine again)
Edit: I have delete roblox due to 2 reasons one to ease deleting windows and their management
Edit 2: i might test first If I ever boot into my windows disk to see if I need it anymore

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[–] Presi300@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (6 children)

I'd say dual boot. Jumping ship from windows to linux without it is very hard, especially if you enjoy playing a windows-only game or rely on windows-only software. A virtual machine can work for some basic software, but you need to do GPU passt trough to the VM to be able to game at all, which is a... let's just say not insignificant amount of messing around and configuring stuff.

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[–] Disonantezko@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

LTSC + WSL (Better than VM)
Dual Boot
Linux only

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[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 1 points 1 month ago

The way I'm handling it is I currently dual boot with 2 separate hard drives. Linux is primary boot. there is no bootloader, I used the bios boot selector to load windows. Windows typically fucks up boot loaders or shared partitions so I have neither. I hope to have found a good distro that does everything I need by the time windows dies,

[–] mr_right@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

dual boot, you never know when will you be forced to use windows again

and for those who suggest VM, there are situations where its a hassle to make thing work or its impossible all together ( updating bios is one of those )

[–] Mwa@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I think you can update your bios using linux there is a software for it

[–] mr_right@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

not necessarily, for example some laptop oems do not use the standard format and you cant just extract them from the exe so you have to use windows

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