one who doesn't change much, if anything at all, in fact. The thing is, if you are a fairly basic user of PCs, Well, because I asked to myself "and now what, if Windows just can't do it"? By the way: I went to Linux many years ago because. You will have to balance between these 3 possibilities (dedicated windows computer, dual boot and/or virtual machine) considering your actual needs. Dual boot is not an option for me as too expensive on the storage side (mainly SSD disks here), but this could be also a solution under certain circumstances. Sometimes for some occasional small operations which require Windows, I use a virtual machine but it can be tricky in some cases if external peripherals are involved (such as your Logitech remote). So I have a dedicated Windows desktop computer for photography, while I run all the other things on Mint laptops (and a remote CentOS server somewhere in Italy, but this is another topic.). I'm not a Linux specialist (yet) but a long time Linux user (since 1998) and a semi-professional photographer who intensively uses Adobe's products which have no real Linux alternatives (and usually don't work well with wine). So when you're hit by some malware, you can just wipe your VM and restore your backup VM.
You just copy the whole VM folder somewhere. VMs are good because you can backup your Windows easily. For the VM solution, I recommend a lightweight desktop environment like Xfce or Mate for this reason (I have Xfce). Keep in mind that if you use a VM solution, you'll run 2 operating systems at once, so it will load your system (CPU, RAM). I have a Windows 10 VM for engineering software. I think No.1 is better if you use that software a lot, the No. Whenever you need it, you launch VirtualBox from Mint and start your Windows inside Mint. Virtual Machine (VM) (you sudo apt-get install virtualbox, and create a Windows virtual machine).
Dual booting (you have both Mint and Windows on the same machine)Ģ. Finding a Linux alternative (this is often impossible)ġ. Rudy wrote:Keep a hidden Windows laptop in the closet?Ġ.
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