NO dual boot *buntu & Windows for me.

[him610]

I tried dualbooting on a laptop last year, 2023. The installation of Xubuntu onto a laptop with Win10 was painful; it took 23 messages on this forum to finally get it working. Thanks to the many who provided welcome advice and suggestions.

I am a long time (2007) participant in these Ubuntu Forums, and I got so frustrated with the whole process that I went back to single boot, Xubuntu 24.04.+.

Every week I see several posts on these forums of folks who are experiencing problems with installation of *buntu on a Windows PC.

What I decided to do as I have one Windows program that I use during tax time, was to purchase a small mini-pc with Win11. It is a decent machine, not a speed demon, nor gaming machine, but it does what it is to supposed to. It meets my requirements.

My Mini-PC(Win11 Pro) is connected to KVM A/B switch where it shares Keyboard, Monitor, and Mouse with nearby desktop PC (Xubuntu 24.04.5 LTS). They both share same printers over the LAN.

There are other options than buying a new mini-PC; one can shop for a desktop or laptop PC coming off a commercial lease. Some are excellent values.

[grahammechanical]

I think it is a waste buying a machine with Windows on it and then not using Windows. My solution long ago was to build my own machine and not buy a Windows license but install Linux instead. When I recently needed a new machine I purchased an OEM machine with Ubuntu preinstalled. I use Wine to run one Windows application and Waydroid to run one Android application.

Yes there are ways and means to avoid dual booting with Windows.

Regards

[Norm24]

I haven't dual booted or used Windows in quite a few years.Everything I need is provided within the Linux world.The wife has no choice but to use Windows as her job requires it so there is a Win PC in the house.

As far as filing taxes there are alternatives to having to use Windows.You can run the popular tax software suites under Wine though that can have issues or you can use their online versions (using a vpn).

Or you can use OpenTaxSolver which is designed to run in Linux.Basic but gets the job done.
https://opentaxsolver.sourceforge.net/

[Rubi1200]

Or run Windows in a VM on Linux?

Would that not be the easiest solution?