▲ 633 ▼ It happens 🤷 (sh.itjust.works) submitted 2 years ago by 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world 191 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] LainOfTheWired@lemy.lol 59 points 2 years ago (5 children) You guys have windows partitions? permalink fedilink source hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] Shady_Shiroe@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (2 children) I keep dual windows on laptop for rare occasions cuz I don't like dealing with passthrough for special USB cables that require their own drivers on VMs permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works [S] 6 points 2 years ago Yep, pretty much the same reason, just have to use it, mostly because of software that interacts with hardware, in one way or another. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Batbro@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) USB cables require drivers? 👀 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Shady_Shiroe@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Well USB to serial port to some weird custom 6 pin connector for a certain machine. Or car data link adapter permalink fedilink source parent [–] SorryQuick@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago The ports do, it’s just that they’re built in every kernel nowadays. permalink fedilink source parent [–] cyanarchy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) Not on bare metal, for this reason permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 2 years ago Always use a condom to interface your bare metal and windows. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works [S] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Need for interacting with hardware, so yeah, have it on bare metal, plus in a VM. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] herrvogel@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Any reason you can't just pass the hardware through to the vm? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works [S] 1 point 2 years ago* Because it needs SATA emulation (needs to communicate natively with SATA devices), and that's still not a thing in KVMs as far as I know. permalink fedilink source parent [–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 years ago I do. I wanted to finish something there that I couldn't easily move to Linux. A DVD project using files scattered accross the system in DVDStyler. I didn't notice DVDStyler works on Linux. Now I am basically keeping it due to sunk cost fallancy. It has lots of menus and videos, plus some of them I cut myself. But I don't even remember where I ended. There was also something about color limitation in menus I wanted to fix. I last shut it down during an update about 2-3 years ago. But who knows, maybe later at some point... But I could really use those extra 400GB. I only have 15GiB free right now... permalink fedilink source parent [–] exoplanetary@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago I installed one when I made my first Linux PC last month in case I needed to use Windows for anything that wouldn’t work fine enough on Linux. One month later and I still haven’t used it for anything. I think I may have underestimated how fleshed out the Linux ecosystem is these days. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Jack3G@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago I've been delaying moving my root arch patition from my HDD to overwrite my old windows install on my SSD for months. I feel like the potential problems that that could cause aren't worth the better loading times from the SSD. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Shady_Shiroe@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (2 children) I keep dual windows on laptop for rare occasions cuz I don't like dealing with passthrough for special USB cables that require their own drivers on VMs permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works [S] 6 points 2 years ago Yep, pretty much the same reason, just have to use it, mostly because of software that interacts with hardware, in one way or another. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Batbro@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) USB cables require drivers? 👀 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Shady_Shiroe@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Well USB to serial port to some weird custom 6 pin connector for a certain machine. Or car data link adapter permalink fedilink source parent [–] SorryQuick@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago The ports do, it’s just that they’re built in every kernel nowadays. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works [S] 6 points 2 years ago Yep, pretty much the same reason, just have to use it, mostly because of software that interacts with hardware, in one way or another. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Batbro@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) USB cables require drivers? 👀 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Shady_Shiroe@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Well USB to serial port to some weird custom 6 pin connector for a certain machine. Or car data link adapter permalink fedilink source parent [–] SorryQuick@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago The ports do, it’s just that they’re built in every kernel nowadays. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Shady_Shiroe@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Well USB to serial port to some weird custom 6 pin connector for a certain machine. Or car data link adapter permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SorryQuick@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago The ports do, it’s just that they’re built in every kernel nowadays. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cyanarchy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) Not on bare metal, for this reason permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 2 years ago Always use a condom to interface your bare metal and windows. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works [S] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Need for interacting with hardware, so yeah, have it on bare metal, plus in a VM. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] herrvogel@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Any reason you can't just pass the hardware through to the vm? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works [S] 1 point 2 years ago* Because it needs SATA emulation (needs to communicate natively with SATA devices), and that's still not a thing in KVMs as far as I know. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 2 years ago Always use a condom to interface your bare metal and windows. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works [S] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Need for interacting with hardware, so yeah, have it on bare metal, plus in a VM. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] herrvogel@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Any reason you can't just pass the hardware through to the vm? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works [S] 1 point 2 years ago* Because it needs SATA emulation (needs to communicate natively with SATA devices), and that's still not a thing in KVMs as far as I know. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] herrvogel@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Any reason you can't just pass the hardware through to the vm? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works [S] 1 point 2 years ago* Because it needs SATA emulation (needs to communicate natively with SATA devices), and that's still not a thing in KVMs as far as I know. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works [S] 1 point 2 years ago* Because it needs SATA emulation (needs to communicate natively with SATA devices), and that's still not a thing in KVMs as far as I know. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 years ago I do. I wanted to finish something there that I couldn't easily move to Linux. A DVD project using files scattered accross the system in DVDStyler. I didn't notice DVDStyler works on Linux. Now I am basically keeping it due to sunk cost fallancy. It has lots of menus and videos, plus some of them I cut myself. But I don't even remember where I ended. There was also something about color limitation in menus I wanted to fix. I last shut it down during an update about 2-3 years ago. But who knows, maybe later at some point... But I could really use those extra 400GB. I only have 15GiB free right now... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] exoplanetary@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago I installed one when I made my first Linux PC last month in case I needed to use Windows for anything that wouldn’t work fine enough on Linux. One month later and I still haven’t used it for anything. I think I may have underestimated how fleshed out the Linux ecosystem is these days. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Jack3G@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago I've been delaying moving my root arch patition from my HDD to overwrite my old windows install on my SSD for months. I feel like the potential problems that that could cause aren't worth the better loading times from the SSD. permalink fedilink source parent