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I am heavily considering switching to Linux aswell (though from Windows). I guess I would just spin up a VM if I need to run something I can't get to work on bare matal Linux.
Dual boot for a while. Even if you're using a usb
Dual boot is too inconvenient. Just go Linux cold-turkey and run Windows in a VM if you have to.
Yeah, dual booting meant Windows for me. I was just more comfortable with it. On the other hand some people have something to do compared to me at that time. Taking the time to learn how to do sth. on Linux isn't always possible.
That's the plan. Windows will be on one ssd and Linux (probably Mint) on another.
Dualbooting is a great start for most people who want to switch but USB sticks have cheap storage controllers so they will die insanly fast if you put that kind of load on them permanentely and it will probably be slower than a HDD.
I thought about dualboot using two SSDs, one for linux, one for Windows and a VM on linux using the physical Windows SSD. Don't know if it is really possible though...
I remember trying to do that once, it wasn't possible IIRC but it might be now 10 years later