LMAO I’m 1/3 of the company. If IT has a problem with it I’ll just just go scream at a mirror.

Not worth it in terms of budget. Both sides will be using cpu rather comparably. Linux side will def be using more gpu. I also can’t justify purchasing two computers with the company. The hardware is kind of a bonus from them and my personal budget needs to go elsewhere but I’m free to use/modify the computer for personal use as long as i continue to deliver on work. The company is (very) small enough i can get this kind of benefit every very long ince in a while😁

I think the consensus in this thread is that my issue was centered around using a partitioned drive for both instead of separate drives which is my current plan. If things still get whacky I’ll try stronger approaches.

My history is specifically windows attacking linux/bootloader so i’m not concerned I’ll be risking any work stuff as long as they aren’t futzing with each other’s storage.

I also have full control over windows group policies (admin in general) so i can really change it to my liking and minimize windows damage from the software side. There’s lots of software solutions for issues around storage use.

Furthermore, my old pc is going to be a home sync server so it will handle shared data to avoid the need to fish through the opposed drive.

Hrmm… I could try vm but i want full power either way. Any issues that arise with commercial CAD and cod software would be a headache. I have little experience with vm and it seems like it’s negligibly different in terms of headache than having a dual boot system. I’m not short on drive space or anything. I do need to have some code dev in either os as well

Noted for the future!!! Thanks

Windows for work exclusively. Linux for everything else. I’m also trading out Linux for performance and compatibility with programs in the hopes i can fully switch over eventually. I basically want two computers but using the hardware of one.

Oh that’s neat! Maybe down the one i can pick one up if i start traveling for work XD

Dual boot is my preference. I want either OS to be able to do system management and direct hardware access.

Cool thanks for the info! Ill put win on sata 0 and install before putting the second drive in!

The hardware switch idea would be to preclude bios boot leader selection altogether

Oh absolutely not. I would lose that faster than my car keys

Historically I’ve had issues with windows(update) blasting grub config leading to Linux delete and painful recovery of windows boot

Thanks! I’ll try this first.

Rip… Both drives will be the same hw. But as long as there always in the same order in bios/bootloader it should be fine.

Sorry i think i meant theme colors, not system colors. In any case it was better before the “you” thing that’s currently used which has restricted customization significantly.

I think it may be google account settings, which are not android I’m aware. Though i recall phone settings becoming default whenever a settings menu was overhauled instead of something reflecting the previous selection.

No I’m on windows 10 still. Well aware of the difference lol

There used to be tons of customization options which have been removed/limited under the guise of “personalization”. For example you used to be able to do things like choose system colors that weren’t from a selection of 5 pastel themes. For some reason Google believes that pastels and pastels alone accurately reflect the “personality” of every user and that users wasn’t their “personality” reflected.

There’s a ton of settings that have been removed over the years, volume button behavior changed, various privacy settings reset to default with random updates, privacy settings removed…

It’s still fairly functional but if it weren’t for certain apps i need i would be trying out graphene or whatever.

Employer provided healthcare only covers about %54 of Americans. So in general it’s not a safe assumption.

The Yellow River Boys really tried.

Top half is one of those graphics that makes a uni term feel like time simply lost since you could unserstand the concept in 5sec.

Do convolution now!