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You paid me, a long-time Linux user, to use Windows 11 exclusively for a month: here’s how it went (www.osnews.com)
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[–] RusAD@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

That is a risk that should be accepted. Still doesn't answer my question, why shouldn't it be done?

Let's say hypothetically that I'm a student who has a mediocre laptop with only a single internal drive. And I need Linux for college, and I want Windows to play [insert a game with shitty DRM that's unsupported by Proton] with friends. Why shouldn't I install two OS's on the same drive?

[–] GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world 0 points 10 hours ago

You never need Linux for college.

Install windows first. Problem solved.

It does answer your question of why it shouldn’t be done.