Benefit of Ventoy/Vhd for Windows vs Dualbooting? or VM
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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.
imo its smart to have a backup
You can virtualize 90% of most Windows applications from within Linux using Bottles. It's not really as big of an issue as you make it out to be--unless there's something you need that can't be virtualized.
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Not if you have a modern BIOS
I can't even venture to guess what this statement even means as there's no truth to it whatsoever...
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imo its smart to have a backup
You can virtualize 90% of most Windows applications from within Linux using Bottles. It's not really as big of an issue as you make it out to be--unless there's something you need that can't be virtualized.
I can do it so why not, why not have peace of mind about that 10% storage is cheap and os is free
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It depends on what your goals are.
- Ventoy is good for having an alternate OS on a Thumbdrive. Even with a USB 3 device, you may encounter I/O blocking and find this isn't suitable as a "daily driver" OS. However,. for booting something like Tails or Windows/Linux for OS specific hardware/applications, it can be a good solution.
- Dualbooting is a good way to "test drive" an alternate OS and also have a way to fallback to the other OS if you regularly need access to some software which only runs on that OS. This is likely to have better performance than the USB/Ventoy setup at the cost of Windows fucking up the bootloader config from time to time.
- Windows/Linux with a Linux/Windows VM is useful when you know what OS you want to run on a day to day basis, but have some reason to reach into the other OS on occasion and aren't too worried about performance and hardware access in the alternate OS.
Ultimately, it's going to come down to what you are trying to do and why you want to run multiple Operating Systems. For example, my main system is running Linux. But, I want the ability to run Windows malware in a controlled sandbox (not a euphemism, I work in cybersecurity and lab some stuff for fun). So, I have KVM setup to run Virtual Machines, including Windows.
For another example, prior to making the switch to Linux, I had Windows as my primary OS and booted Linux on a USB stick (not Ventoy, but close enough). This let me gain confidence that I would be able to make the jump.
I don't have a good example for dual booting. Maybe something like a SteamDeck where you want a stable, functional OS most of the time; but, have some games which will only run in Windows.
Noticed that kvm is only based on what size the drive grows to and you arent losing the drive space if you dont end up using it, going for that with winapps
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I prob have plenty of security issues from all the sketchy things I download, not worried baout that, what are they going to do take my social security code and passwords that are all public info, id leak my own nudes if someone blackmailed me
What about credit cards and bank accounts ?
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What about credit cards and bank accounts ?
will they pay off my debt for me? lit
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What about credit cards and bank accounts ?
the few times ive had a card stolen, disputing worked fine, they alreayd have all the info they need to steal my identity, or my phone number or apple account, btw yall arent as safe as you think, when I was in middle school I had a 70% success rate hacking random ppls icloud accounts, idk if thats patched but I never felt safe afterwards or cared if I got blackmailed in a roundbout way since it was so easy (I wanted to be mr robot and was practicing, im prob on the spectrum idk)
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What about credit cards and bank accounts ?
all security is false when social engineering is how they get your ass
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all security is false when social engineering is how they get your ass
So, better leave your house wide open since you can be tricked into opening it, right?
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the few times ive had a card stolen, disputing worked fine, they alreayd have all the info they need to steal my identity, or my phone number or apple account, btw yall arent as safe as you think, when I was in middle school I had a 70% success rate hacking random ppls icloud accounts, idk if thats patched but I never felt safe afterwards or cared if I got blackmailed in a roundbout way since it was so easy (I wanted to be mr robot and was practicing, im prob on the spectrum idk)
Every measure is a deterrent, it may not stop people like you, but it may stop lazier people, or bots.
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