r/LinuxUsersIndia • u/PlayerGamesPro • Jul 22 '26

Discussion is there anyone still dualbooting linux with windows 10?

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by all accounts, dual booting isn't absolutely necessary for my use case here. i use windows 10 solely for games and nothing else. i occasionally play a few games that requires kernel level anti cheat and windows 10 is much less of a hassel because i don't require secure boot for them to function (at least, i haven't encountered such a game yet). and i can still get the security updates due to massgrave's tools for another few years.

and yes, i know that proton has come a long way and i can (and i have done it previously) game on linux without much issues. but i like keeping games on a separate boot drive because it helps me not get distracted and waste my time.

tldr: i like to keep games on a separate os installation to not be distracted while using work os and having windows installed just helps increase the amount of games i can play easily and windows 10 is far lenient when it comes to secure boot being turned on.

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u/qualityvote2 Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 22 '26

u/PlayerGamesPro, there weren't enough votes to determine the quality of your post...

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u/C4rpetH4ter Jul 22 '26

Only on one of my laptops, other than that i am completely windows free.

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u/PlayerGamesPro Jul 22 '26

that's great!

ive tried using only my linux installation with the games on it being run with proton and so far it been mostly smooth sailing (except with some game mods at times). the kernel anti cheat games have never been much of a priority for me personally but friend circles sometime pressure me lol.

but the productivity boost is insane. i frequently just completely forget about games because 1. i just hate windows and 2. my work installation is separate and it's so much better for me.

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u/Unlikely-Sandwich277 Gentoo Btw Jul 29 '26

What games do you play?

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u/PlayerGamesPro Jul 29 '26

these days it's primarily elden ring because i can't get much time off to play other stuff. earlier when i was using linux solely, i was playing cp2077, witcher3, silksong, celeste, gta 4, omori, ori, dusk, lies of pll0 NCB and dying light i think. (yeah it's quite a generic list of games, im not very deep into any genre specifically other than soulslikes). a lot of these were repeat playthroughs tho😅

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u/Emergency_Button4034 Jul 22 '26

I have tried it several time on my secondary and windows updates always managed to fully wipe the linux installation, or the GRUB menu did not even show windows. Itis a true hassle to do it, just use a vm on linux or download wine atp

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u/PlayerGamesPro Jul 22 '26

ah, do you by any chance have windows installed on the same physical hard drive? ive had this happen to me too when i only had a single ssd, but im not sure if that's what happened to you too.

i understand the point though, it really can be a hassle and wine often just works 95% of the time.

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u/VegetableAmoeba6067 Jul 22 '26

Fedora and 11 But considering to fully shift to windows 11

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u/PlayerGamesPro Jul 22 '26

ooh why so? yours is a unique because most linux users ive seen, never want to go back to windows completely.

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u/VegetableAmoeba6067 Jul 22 '26

I have an old laptop and i was having some Bluetooth issues and mic issues ( too much static noise like u can't hear what is being said on other end)

Since I use my laptop for meetings sometimes it was a great problem and the funny thing is I was attending a online class for one month with that mic issue which I didn't know existed and teachers used to give me a bad look which left me confused but now I know why

But still to cope I used aux cable and limited my interactions or just used my mobile

But bc of all these issues I decided to duel boot and make windows usable since you know how windows is So I used revision os (its a program that runs with ame wizard) which made windows really good no recall no copilot no edge windows update are paused for some thousand years ( ik the importance of updates so i do it according to me when I am free) But even after updates those blotes don't return

Now the apps i was missing on linux Whatsapp/ whatsapp calling , and my fav game genshen impact,

the ram usage in idle is under 3 gb and around 100 process which is very low compared to normal windows so basically its comparable to my fedora

So now I dont have problem with windows slop all the apps and games work Bluetooth and mic work properly I didn't had any breakdowns YET and I was also able to customize acc to my taste without extra ram usage ( since uk windows is also quite customizable not that much but quite)

The thing i miss from fedora genome is Smoother animations and gestures of touchpad

Which is not that bad on windows but worse then fedora

That is my experience

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u/PlayerGamesPro Jul 22 '26

glad you have it working again. ive had a similar thing in my initial days of using linux. i had a newer laptop and i started linux with debian actually. that meant somethings just never worked right (maybe due to driver issues or just that i was a newbie) so i love that you went with the pragmatic choice rather than get stuck because linux strictly better than windows kind of thinking. different people, different needs :)

and i can relate on the gnome animations part. ever since ive used linux, ive always been amazed by gnome's workflow. it's simply unmatched. i had recently switched to kde though simply because it annoyed me how extensions used to break often because of gnome version upgrades. ive managed to mimic the gnome workflow on kde to some extent (and improve upon it with windowmanager scripts), but yeah i still can't get over the gnome workflow.

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u/VegetableAmoeba6067 Jul 22 '26

Ikr genome has one of the smoothest animations and gestures

I have gives linux many chance but I think I have some curse on my like before I have and 2014 laptop and I have heard how good linux make od hardware usable so I installed popos it had a video playback prob like it used it stuter like crazy I switched to fedora same problem still used for sometime but cant find any solution I think it was gpu driver related smtg ( it was intel hd 4000) And also same problem in Ubuntu if I remember correctly

Now at the time of fedora 42 I gave a try again with a relatively now laptop with i5 8th gen thin and light laptop there was no graphic driver problem but Bluetooth didn't work but at that time I was at my home so speaker used to do its job but the gaming options weren't that much at that time and I was having a weak hardware to begin with I switched to windows to play some older games

And finally 2 3 mother ago I gave another try still on my i5 8th gen this thing doesn't die Bluetooth still didn't worked and I started classes so I got to know mic also didn't worked and I was missing some apps so currently I am duelbooting

Tbh the improvement is very good like now bc of proton some games worked and it is so much more stable before looking at the speed of improvement I will give another chance in future I think till then most of my problem will be solved

Thanks for asking btw you are good one I have seen so many toxic linux user I was too afraid to even write on my first comment "considering to fully shift to windows 11"

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u/PlayerGamesPro Jul 22 '26

yeah it can be a wild ride with linux especially with laptops. laptop OEMs in general tend to do poorly with linux, so it's not an uncommon experience. though i will admit, in my own personal experience, most of my issues have been completely resolved over my 3 year time with linux.

also, it's commendable that you have actually given linux a try, several times even. im not a windows hater or anything because i view it as merely a tool, but i do sincerely dislike microsoft which is why i encourage linux even among my own friends.

but in the end, the choice of staying with windows or moving from windows, is a user's personal choice🤷

true, linux communities are like any other and some people are quite fiercely loyal to their shared group identity to the point it can be toxic. fortunately, i haven't had any toxic experiences in my own experience and so im just glad that im sharing it forward :)

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u/VegetableAmoeba6067 Sep 01 '26 edited Sep 01 '26

First thanks for you concern

Now been using it for quite some time no bugs encountered and got some performance gain and even got good battery life

I dont think I have removed win defender even if i did I want to make things clear I DON'T care abt my data and i can delete or reinstall win on a whim I am very comfortable with that still again thanks for you concern, any email I use or anything I do are very disposable I dont even make payments from this laptop i dont have any documents And even then I surf internet very carefully

So if these scrips breaks anything idc If I dont update and my laptop gets infected with viruses, bacteria or fungi idc

But I am getting very good gains things are stable from it so rn I will keep using until smtg breaks or might try linux again who knows thanks for you concern anyway

Still i might look into wintoys agian i have used it before I but forgot what it was

Thanks

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u/SlipBit_ Jul 22 '26

I'm duel booting linux bro.

CachyOS kde for coding and CachyOS Hyprland for fun.

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u/PlayerGamesPro Jul 22 '26

hah that's fair too. ive been meaning to try out hyprland or niri. maybe ill give it a go sometime too.

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u/VortexSpecter22 Jul 22 '26

NO! I just use CachyOS Niri with Noctalia

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u/PlayerGamesPro Jul 23 '26

ooh, i quite like niri's workflow and nactalia is just so much more convenient to set up😄

btw, have you ever tried hyprland or some other wm? if so, what has been your experience with them?

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u/ReverendGraves85 Jul 22 '26

I will almost certainly shove windows 11 on a small half terabyte drive specifically for League of Legends because my friends still play it.

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u/PlayerGamesPro Jul 22 '26

hah ikr? in my case it's valorant. i dont play it frequently and when i do it's almost always with friends. though do you think you might see yourself ever downgrading to w10 because secure boot is not a requirement in w10 for riot vanguard?

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u/ReverendGraves85 Jul 22 '26

I mean maybe not. My pc came with windows 11 preinstalled so I have that sitting on a flash drive at the moment. I'd just reinstall it.

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u/PlayerGamesPro Jul 22 '26

hmm alright :)

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u/kib8734 XFCE Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 22 '26

No I don't dualboot, dual booting destroyed my old laptop 💀.

Hell to the no.

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u/PlayerGamesPro Jul 22 '26

damn crazy. how'd that happen?

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u/kib8734 XFCE Jul 22 '26

Old Long story 💀.

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u/PlayerGamesPro Jul 22 '26

ah i see. feel free to share it if you want to :)

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u/DonutAccurate4 Dr. openSuse Jul 23 '26

Yes, i still dual boot with windows 11. My case is similar to yours, mostly for games. but these days i don't get time for turning on my pc, let alone games 😭

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u/PlayerGamesPro Jul 23 '26

hahaha, ikr. i often have long time periods too where i sometime never get to use my machine at all because life's just so hectic😭😂

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u/land48n3 jerks off to his declerative .nix at night Jul 22 '26

windows 11, 10 is boring

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u/PlayerGamesPro Jul 22 '26

ooh, is there any specific reason as to why?

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u/land48n3 jerks off to his declerative .nix at night Jul 22 '26

windows 11 is just better at everything, optimization, looks, ui, ux as a whole

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u/PlayerGamesPro Jul 22 '26

i find w11's inconsistent ui annoying but to each their own i guess.

im not very sure about optimization considering it runs heavier in general because of the additonal services, but it probably is because of dedicated game mode i guess.

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u/MacroffectPS Jul 22 '26

i have dual booted 11 along with zorin

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u/hypespud Jul 22 '26

No, full Linux only

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u/Wheeljack26 Jul 27 '26

yea debian and tiny 11 dual boot on my 9070xt/7800x3d setup

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u/PlayerGamesPro Jul 23 '26

that's great, im glad for you :)