So i have a gaming desktop that not the best or the newest. What takes up most of my drive space is games, updates, and software's. Im wondering if i should switch to linux and if linux will improve any performance for my main machine? If you believe i should switch what os should i go with or why or why not should i switch?
I mostly game and do mess with ollama/ai tools because i think that's cool. I want to do more things in the future but that might beyond my drive space?
What would you advise?
Just dual boot. Boot in to Linux only for a week or two, if it's working for your needs keep it. If not, delete the partition and it's like nothing ever happened.
I wouldn't even go that far. Boot to a live USB of a distro you want to try.
That often doesn't give you the actual feeling of using it as a daily driver.
Dual boot is the way.
Microsoft/Windows has a habit of messing up for Linux in despite being on separate partitions. I've experienced:
IMO, try out a live USB. Dual boot if you want. But as soon as you can, ditch windows entirely.
Setting a BIOS password is one of the best pieces of advice I've read on Lemmy. Once you set that password, Windows shouldn't be able to overwrite grub. That doesn't help with devices and storage locks but that removed the biggest frustration for me.
They'd "just" have to do a lot of potentially hazardous work for a beginner, shrinking their Windows partition to make room for another partition.
Nah, VM is the way. Try it out, see what flies.