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5 reasons you should ditch Windows for Linux today
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It’s easier than you think to try out on dual boot. You can also run your windows apps through a virtual machine!
Is dual boot a good way to ease yourself in? I literally just made a new nvme partition to try a dual boot
I'd say no. The effort to setup a dual boot and then hope it never breaks isn't with it. I'd recommend installing into a virtual machine and running from there. If you break something in your install then it's easy to start over and it's way easier for initial setup.
This is the right answer.
the effort to setup dual boot? most distros that sell themselves as beginner friendly have an option for dualboot set up during install. I have dualbooted windows and zorin for 6 months+ without something ever breaking.
It is just a matter of the before Windows update goes rogue