Am Montag, 26. Mai 2025, 20:23:04 CEST schrieb Lee: > For those of you that still use Windows, do you have a dual boot > system where you select linux or windows at boot time or do you boot > into linux and run windows as a vm? > > My wife is trying to decide if she wants to keep windows on her laptop > or no. Obviously, it's easier not to decide & keep her options open.. > but I don't know if dual boot or running windows in a vm would be > better, or what the tradeoffs would be. > > Anyone care to say which is the better option, tradeoffs, pitfalls, etc? > > Thanks > Lee
My own opinion and experience with other customers: 1. Most customers are not happy with Windows in a VM. Too slow, too difficult. 2. Linux in VM (namely virtualbox) also too problematic and mostly slower. So, IMHO, best solutions will be, to keep the installed windows, install Debian additionally and make it dual boot. Thus, you will make your wife happy, you make yourself happy and best of all, if you create personal profiles (one for your wife and one for yourself) you can both use Linux independent of each other without any danger. Maybe she will be discover, how much better and comfortabler Debian is opposite to Microsoft Windows. My experience was, that most customers with dual-boot deleted Windows mostly after 6-12 months after using linux. And with dula-boot, you can always revert to any OS you want! Best Hans
