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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Benefit of Ventoy/Vhd for Windows vs Dualbooting? or VM (is.hardlywork.ing)

submitted 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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What are the differences between the implementations? Does booting from a vhd using ventoy (external ssd not usb) let me avoid losing a partition to windows?

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

Virtualizing your *nix setup is the way to go if you're too weak to let go of Windows permanently (lol).

Windows is destructive and every time there's a major update it will eat the bootloader and remove any *nix entries. Using virtualization removes that problem at the cost of performance.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

Theres always a chance something I need doesnt support linux, imo its smart to have a backup, I just dont want to waste unnecessary space or want to deal with partitions for windows since they give me a lot of issues trying to shrink them. I saw vhds with usb method mentioned on lemmy a few times and it seemed like a way to avoid partitions since you can have a 1tb whd, with 10gb on it on a 100gb harddrive, so Im assuming you can avoid having to lose hella space to a windows install you might never use, instead only as much as it actually takes up.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I'd virtualize windows. For me, it's way more important to have a good host

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 hours ago

Can't say I agree.

*nix virtualizes way better than Windows. You'll get better overall performance by virtualizing *nix and using Windows on bare metal.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

Not if you have a modern BIOS