Alt text: Trojan Horse meme, Steam Deck bringing Linux to Windows gamers

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    • randomname@sh.itjust.works
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      9 hours ago

      allowed, yes. but switching between multiple operating systems on the same device is simply a pain in the ass.

      • Warl0k3@lemmy.world
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        4 hours ago

        Is it really that bad, though? Compared to spending hours fighting with 3rd party drivers or wine or etc. every time there’s a change to the software in question, restarting to a different partition is pretty trivial. Configure both OSs to mirror non-sys files to network storage or a shared partition (and there’s plenty of ready-made utilities for this) and it’s honestly a pretty easy solution to having to use “iNdUsTrY sTaNdArD” software to run.

        I get where you’re coming from, I do. The only reason I’m saying this is because the difficulty in dual booting is often brought up when discussing switching, and it really discourages people that are curious about trying linux (but are still tied to the apple/M$ world) from making the switch when they’re constantly told how hard it is to use both.

      • Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
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        4 hours ago

        I use virtualization to make it seemless. You can even use automatic provisioning tools to deploy VMs with stuff preinstalled.