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.

What about Steam? Linux gaming would be a whole lot worse off without Proton

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

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

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

NTFS does not count

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

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

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

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.

I should have, gonna edit the post

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

Good thinking, I’ll definitely look into that. One caveat is I’m going to need a driver that’s also Win-only so I’ll have to see if that works in a VM.

Why does this sound AI generated

Exact experience I’ve had, in every workplace I’ve been Windows users have been a non-stop liability and required support for workarounds and hacks. Seeing their workflow through screenshare was kind of a culture shock.

I have no idea how Windows is the red line in this, it should be the green but even steeper

99% of the time it’s just “make && sudo make install” or something like that. Anything bigger or more complicated typically has a native package anyway.

I don’t know if people use it on desktop but with its minimal size it’s convenient as hell for docker images that don’t need a lot of dependencies installed

Zsh with powerlevel10k + a few plugins

Fun fact, “fos” means “liquid shit” in Hungarian, applies literally in this case

To add to everything else mentioned, many places (schools, workplaces) don’t allow any usage of BitTorrent, even legal. A guy at my uni got yelled at for torrenting a Linux iso. Not to mention depending on where you live your ISP might be interested in that activity unless you’re using a vpn.