What's /g/'s opinion on dual booting?
>>55052404
If it's necessary then it's necessary. Don't know what else to say about it.
>>55052404
Deprecated by VMs
>>55052404
I wanted to say it's good, but then I realized every time I tried it I spent 90% of my time in one OS, so it's probably a meme.
>>55052419
ram usage tho
Burg is absolute shit phamm hasnt been updated in years
rEFInd 4 life
https://github.com/EvanPurkhiser/rEFInd-minimal
>>55052404
Now Windows has a built-in Linux terminal, Dual-boot with Linux is no longer needed for me.
>>55052404
Why would you need to dual boot when Windows 10 can already do everything?
It's disgusting and unnatural.
The only time I actually duel booted was when I was still getting used to GNU/Linux environment and I wanted to use it natively opposed to a virtual lab. Eventually just got rid of Windows anyway.
>>55052440
That shit is fucking retarded. I don't know why you faggots shill this so much. Bash overlays or Ubuntu binaries for Windows is dumb. Just use Windows or GNU/Linux.
I prefer having separate machines. Trading money for simplicity.
The only bootloader you need is your BIOS/EFI.
No way to set up a 2000 x XP x 8.1 system that works well with each other.
Shame you cant allocate x percent of a systems resources to a secondary os on the same pc without virtualisation
I still use it on one computer because I sometimes (rarely) need to use applications that run only on Windows. All my other machines only run Arch.
>>55052431
Buy more
>>55052470
Butthurt Linux user detected
>>55052491
no, because those are slow and inflexible. With refind I can literally just create a new partition, format it, unzip linux to it, and at the next boot refind will let me boot into it just like that
>>55052404
I do it only for my games that I hvent played in over a month.
>>55052404
Lucky to have found this thread.
I'm trying to partition my drive to install Linux onto my windows desktop. Using the disk management utility, I partitioned my C:/ drive to give me 200GB for Linux. However, when I try to format the unallocated space, I'm told I've reached the number of possible partitions. Knowing that's bullshit, I tried to convert it into a dynamic disk, but I'm told I "Don't have enough space," What the hell is this fuckery, /g/? Pic related.
>>55052817
Just start Linux in LiveCD/LiveUSD using the installer which I presume you've prepared for the upcoming installation. Use the partition manager in there, not this Windows garbage.
>>55052831
Trying debian, and it's telling me that it's unable to use this space. I assumed because it was unallocated, and I needed to format.
>>55052404
I'd thought about running a bare-metal hypervisor and win7/osx/whatever.
I didn't have a powerful-enough laptop to run what I wanted to at the time, but that was a few years ago.
May look into it again in the future as my Dell studio 1558 just shit the bed today and it's upgrade time.
I have debian and arch dual boot. Arch is like my half built chevy in the garage, I tell people it will be running oneday.
>>55052431
>mfw i didn't fall for the 128GB RAM meme.
>>55052505
10 rupees have been deposited to your account, pajeet
>>55052404
I like it, due to SSDs it's like 10 seconds to boot into windows for when I want to game. And then I can go back to an OS I actually enjoy using.
>>55053458
Same for me. W10 for gaymen, Fedora for everything else.
>>55052817
literally read the error message - you can have a maximum of four standard partitions on a basic disk. you can work around this by adding a a logical volume to contain additional partitions.
personally i would delete the almost 16gb partition which I assume you want to use for swap, use partition wizard to move the windows recovery partition left, and then create a single linux partition and use a swapfile. incidentally you don't need anything like 200GB for a linux install.
It's only useful if you play vidya regularly and need access to windows. VMs are still too weak for gaymes.
Also WINE is a joke
OS X for work, Windows for muh games
>>55052865
lol
I throw whatever on my laptop to fuck around with but my main rig is always running Debian.
I have Windows on it too but I'm down to just needing Widows for Microsoft Flight Simulator. The only other games I like playing anymore (Rust, Arma and Civ 5) are made for Linux too.
>>55052404
>What's /g/'s opinion on dual booting?
I dual boot Gentoo and Ubuntu. Gentoo for work, Ubuntu for playing video games.
I think dual booting is fine, especially if you're dual booting multiple distros (since sharing a home folder etc. is easy)
>>55052404
I have 2 computers, a asrock beebox and custom built. I run windows on my custom for muh games and linux on my beebox. switch between the 2 with a kvm switch, I prefer it to when I was daul booting
>>55052404
try dual booting windows 10 with fastboot enabled. Hilarity ensues.
>>55054942
that is completly retarded please dont encourage people to do that
>>55052471
That's horrible, dual booting is not more complicated than any other simple computer task
>>55053458
This.
Have installed Gentoo, Arch, W10 and OS X all for their own purpose.
>>55052404
How does yours look like that? Mine is just a basic, mostly black grub interface
it's shit
full linux or nothing
>>55052817
I don't know if you're still having trouble with that but it's not bullshit. An HD with an MBR partition table can only have up to four partitions.
You can make a single Linux partition and divide it into multiple logical partitions with LVM, though. The partition tool on the Debian installer can do that.
>>55055133
That's not grub, it's an EFI boot manager
See >>55052438
It won't work on a BIOS pc though
I dual boot Debian MATE and Windows 8.1. The only thing I ever use the windows for is playing Dark Souls as it doesn't run well in WINE or VMs on my machine.
>>55052419
I wish. But setting up PCI passthrough is a fucking nightmare unless you are looking to build a new computer from scratch.
It's essential for how I use my PC and laptop.
I dualboot W7 for a couple of games I play maybe once a month that I can't get to run in WINE. Otherwise I use Debian for everyday shit.
I triple boot 7 Xp and 10,installed 10 as a joke cause i had a spare drive laying around,but it's not a bad OS for web browsing,beats XP for sure.
7 is for gaymen
>>55052817
You cant have more than 4 partitions on your disk, also dont use GNU/Linux on a windows drive to save yourself alot of time later when something goes wrong
its neet but my bootloader gets trashed almost every time and i have to reinstall windows. just use one os.
>>55052404
cancer. Like playonlinux
Those are not the solutions.
Devs should make cross platform software
If you need it for muh gayms or whatever sure
Only the most autistic stallmanite would be against it if you need to use software
>>55053655
>>55054969
>gentoo users
based
>>55052404
bloat.
>>55057803
>look at me mom I think I'm finally fitting in
Windows for gaming and Arch for everything else
Can I load a VM from real partition? I have Windows and Linux installed, but I don't want to double Windows installations.
>>55057244
>Devs should make cross platform software
Yeah, well, they don't. But limiting yourself because devs don't put forth the extra time and effort to make something native is stupid.
Encourage them to make cross platform software, and use PoL and Wine for when they don't.
>>55058146
Look up p2v. I think Qemu can handle VM's from a partition. Also, have a windows recovery handy, in case windows needs a driver swap.
Fuck that.
NO TUX, NO BUX
>>55052404
Done it since 2007
feels good, man
>>55053614
but pipelight for netflix tho
>>55052404
I have 14 partitions on my hdd and it runs fucking well.
>>55059125
Are they all gentoo partitions?
>>55059222
Just one. ^^
>>55059260
That's alright
For now
:^)
>>55052419
Photoshop doesn't work that great on virtualbox for me though. (In fact it's unusable)
