• Auk@kbin.social
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    The main reason I didn’t move to Windows 11 when it was new was it being picky and refusing to install on a processor that was only released two years before the OS (my setup itself being only a year old at the time). Since most things I’ve read about it since then act as a deterrent to upgrading instead of an incentive I now have no real inclination to try and update from 10 until I’m forced to by software requirements.

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      But why would you upgrade if forced? You know you will have a subpar experience. Is it because of software you use that only runs on Windows?

      The software I need on Windows will live on an isolated instance of Windows 10 in a VM on Linux when the time comes that MS stops releasing security updates for 10.

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        How is the performance on a VM? I use Windows for VR and Musicproduction. Like 10%, 20% performance dip?

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          I don’t know, I still haven’t done this yet!

          But my needs might be different from yours. In my case, my music production skills just require an old version of FL Studio. I’m sure it will run fine in a VM.

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            Yeah, I just upgrades my CPU, and even on my old one everything worked fine.

            One more question though: why go the VM route instead of dualbooting? I guess mostly so you still have acces to all Linux stuff while using Windows?

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              Correct. I just want to remain in Linux. Plus the Windows OS will be unmaintained, so I will never connect it to the internet. So I’d be without Internet meanwhile I’m in the other partition. A VM solves that.

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        I still retain a Windows install for games, and eventually things stop working easily. I kept running Windows 7 up until around when I built my current PC (2020) and that upgrade was due to some compatibility issue - I can’t remember whether it was hardware compatibility with the new setup or a game/launcher requiring Windows 10 before I upgraded. I expect that I will eventually get something that wants 11 to work.

        Mind you I spend a lot less time on games these days and I will probably get a few more years out of that computer - it might be a good while before compatibility/security becomes an issue and I’m required to consider moving on.

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          Sure, but the question still remains…

          In my case, I will NEVER upgrade to Windows 11. I’d rather use another OS.

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            No arguments here Linux gets better every day but I understand why some people still need Windows in their life