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Get a second pc and a kvm switch
Windows 11 iot enterprise + opensuse tumbleweed kde works flawlessly
I use a Windows VM (Tiny10 works ok here) in whatever lightweight linux OS I'm fucking with at the time. All my files and stuff are on a local server so I can swap distros easily if I want.
Usually it runs ok, can game, and I dont have to deal with restarting a bunch of stuff. I've been using CachyOS, not sure if I like it yet
For minimal Windows, there's Tiny11 (german).
My setup (partially in planning):
- a small box/notebook for casual computing/gaming on desktop.
- One beefy box hooked to the tv and controller for RPG & co.
- Remote-desktop to the beefy box for modding & some games. Cable connected, wifi makes remotedesktop slow.
I'm playing with the idea to use Windows on the (not yet completed) beefy box, since some modding tools and multiplayer games don't work on linux.
This setup avoids hassles with dual boot/virtualization. And you don't have your beefy box running 24/7.
You can (at least the last time I ran an install) get both 10 and 11 installed without a Microsoft account, 11 just requires this process to do it. If you have an old ISO of 11 around it should allow a local account if you don't connect to the internet, but they apparently patched that out now.
I have Windows EFI and Linux EFI partitions on same srive. Secureboot is set to load Linux EFI Grub, a chainloader entry in Grub will handoff to Windows boot loader if I choose that. it has stayed intact for 7 years this way without windows knowing or touching the other EFI partition. But separate drives is probably even better