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Re:I switched from macOS to Linux after 15 years of Apple by Tenoke on Thursday August 26, 2021 @07:42PM (#28322469)
I mostly don't do the extra stuff they do (as they mention Code works seamlessly and thankfully that's good enough for me and obviously emacs/vim do, too), the rest is just slower cross-OS file access and I need to tinker with it only roughly as much as with my Linux installs while getting the benefits of a native Windows install on top.

If you need anything Windows-related (e.g. to use a specific game or software) using WSL on top is actually really nice (I do all my real work from there fine when not on my Linux machine currently) and less hassle than dual-booting. If I decide not to use anything Windows related or do GPU-based ML (which I assume is worse on WSl) outside of the cloud I'll install Linux on another drive on this machine and go back to it fully. I honestly never expected to stick to Windows with just WSL on this machine when I put it on for trying some games.

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Re:I switched from macOS to Linux after 15 years of Apple by krinchan on Friday August 27, 2021 @12:18AM (#28324255)
UEFI has really made it difficult to dual boot, especially off the same drive. Windows 10 overwriting your GRUB install every major update is just pure hell. Then if you opt for separate physical disks, you must forego fastboot features so you can use your UEFI Boot Menu to select between separate Win10 and Linux physical disks.

That’s why I put up with WSL2. I hate dealing with bootloaders.

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Re:I switched from macOS to Linux after 15 years of Apple by Tenoke on Friday August 27, 2021 @02:51AM (#28325042)
Even if you are fine with fixing bootloaders it's also just a bit much to have to do a full restart to switch between software, and to not be able to use some things side by side.
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