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Join the Dual Boot Diaries as long-time Windows users chronicle their experiences trying to use Linux daily. In this episode Adam talks about his problems controlling his gaming PC and handhelds and Will recounts fixing his streaming PC crashes and laptop sleep issues. 00:00:00 - Intro00:03:24 - News00:14:41 - Adam's diary entry00:54:30 - Will's diary entry01:19:06 - Homework & outro OCG news: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/open-gaming-collective-ogc-formed-to-push-linux-gaming-even-further/ Join the PC & Linux related discussions and ask us questions on Discord: https://discord.gg/UWhjwg778a Follow the crew on X or Bluesky: @AdamPMurray @WillSmith =============Read PCWorld!Website: http://www.pcworld.comNewsletter: http://www.pcworld.com/newsletters/signup=============

Join the Dual Boot Diaries as long-time Windows users chronicle their experiences trying to use Linux daily. In this episode the guys talk about scene drama, Will shares his experiences with the new Linux-native GeForce Now client, Adam digs deep into Gamescope, and more. 00:00 - Intro 06:13 - Will's diary entry 41:04 - Adam's diary entry 01:13:30 - Homework & outro Join the PC & Linux related discussions and ask us questions on Discord: https://discord.gg/UWhjwg778a Follow the crew on X or Bluesky: @AdamPMurray @WillSmith ============= Read PCWorld! Website: http://www.pcworld.com Newsletter:

Join the Dual Boot Diaries as long-time Windows users chronicle their experiences trying to use Linux daily. In this episode the guys chat about the potential of Adobe apps running natively, Will checks in on this streaming setup and gaming issues, and Adam worries his Bazzite install is ruined. Video from LearnLinuxTV: https://youtu.be/zl97Ou2ggg8?si=MiLYZwtE-PnZv36h 00:00:00 - Intro & Adobe news 00:13:30 - Will's diary entry 00:35:16 - Adam's diary entry 01:00:45 - Homework & outro Join the PC & Linux related discussions and ask us questions on Discord: https://discord.gg/UWhjwg778a Follow the crew on X or Bluesky: @AdamPMurray @WillSmith ============= Read PCWorld! Website: http://www.pcworld.com Newsletter: http://www.pcworld.com/newsletters/signup =============

Join the Dual Boot Diaries as long-time Windows users chronicle their experiences trying to use Linux daily. In this episode Will talks about his recent frustrations around his streaming PC and gaming in Arc Raiders, while Adam gives his final report after his CES trip. 00:00:00 - Intro & Housekeeping 00:02:51 - Vibe check 00:08:25 - Will's diary entry 00:32:03 - Adam's diary entry 00:45:23 - Questions 01:07:27 - Homework & outro Join the PC & Linux related discussions and ask us questions on Discord: https://discord.gg/UWhjwg778a Follow the crew on X or Bluesky: @AdamPMurray @WillSmith ============= Read PCWorld! Website: http://www.pcworld.com Newsletter: http://www.pcworld.com/newsletters/signup =============

Join the Dual Boot Diaries as long-time Windows users chronicle their experinces trying to use Linux daily. In this episode the guys recap their holiday Linux experiences and Adam provides a CES update. *pardon the audio quality, the setup wasn't ideal because Adam was on the road. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:42 - Will's diary entry 00:19:59 - Adam's diary entry 00:50:00 - CES check in 01:25:23 - Homework & outro Join the PC & Linux related discussions and ask us questions on Discord: https://discord.gg/UWhjwg778a Follow the crew on X or Bluesky: @AdamPMurray @WillSmith ============= Read PCWorld! Website: http://www.pcworld.com Newsletter: http://www.pcworld.com/newsletters/signup =============

Join the Dual Boot Diaries as long-time Windows users chronicle their experinces trying to use Linux daily. In this episode Adam and Will are joined by special Guest Ed Crisler, North American PR Manager at Sapphire Technology, about this own personal transition to linux after decades with Windows. Join the PC & Linux related discussions and ask us questions on Discord: https://discord.gg/UWhjwg778a Follow the crew on X or Bluesky: @AdamPMurray @WillSmith ============= Read PCWorld! Website: http://www.pcworld.com Newsletter: http://www.pcworld.com/newsletters/signup =============

Join the Dual Boot Diaries as long-time Windows users chronicle their experinces trying to use Linux daily. In this episode Will ponders which distro to pick on his new OBS streaming machine and goes into keymapping support, while Adam dives deeper into firewall settings and gaming. 00:00 - Intro 01:46 - Will's diary entry 28:43 - Adam's diary entry 41:39 - Homework & outro Join the PC & Linux related discussions and ask us questions on Discord: https://discord.gg/WWnEzTDhw Follow the crew on X or Bluesky: @AdamPMurray @WillSmith ============= Read PCWorld! Website: http://www.pcworld.com Newsletter: http://www.pcworld.com/newsletters/signup =============

Join the Dual Boot Diaries as long-time Windows users chronicle their experinces trying to use Linux daily. In this episode Will talks about syncing to GitHub and switching to the Framework 13 laptop, and Adam talks about his first steps towards Linux gaming and looking at new file managers. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:55 - Will's diary entry 00:32:34 - Adam's diary entry 01:12:51 - Questions 01:20:47 - Homework & Outro Join the PC & Linux related discussions and ask us questions on Discord: https://discord.gg/WWnEzTDhw Follow the crew on X or Bluesky: @AdamPMurray @WillSmith ============= Read PCWorld! Website: http://www.pcworld.com Newsletter: http://www.pcworld.com/newsletters/signup =============

Join the Dual Boot Diaries as long-time Windows users chronicle their experinces trying to use Linux daily. In this episode Adam talks about weird audio pop ups and a resolution to his VM journey, and Will gives his first thoughts on NixOS and fixes his dirty bit. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:11 - Adam's diary entry 00:33:50 - Will's diary entry 00:58:22 - Questions 01:16:08 - Homework & Outro Join the PC & Linux related discussions and ask us questions on Discord: https://discord.gg/WWnEzTDhw Follow the crew on X or Bluesky: @AdamPMurray @WillSmith ============= Read PCWorld! Website: http://www.pcworld.com Newsletter: http://www.pcworld.com/newsletters/signup =============

Join the Dual Boot Diaries as long-time Windows users chronicle their experinces trying to use Linux daily. In this episode Adam and Will are joined by Carl Richell and Jeremy Soller of ⁨System76⁩ to talk about the launch of Cosmic. Join the PC & Linux related discussions and ask us questions on Discord: https://discord.gg/WWnEzTDhw Follow the crew on X or Bluesky: @AdamPMurray @WillSmith ============= Read PCWorld! Website: http://www.pcworld.com Newsletter: http://www.pcworld.com/newsletters/signup =============

Join the Dual Boot Diaries as long-time Windows users chronicle their experinces trying to use Linux daily. In this episode Adam covers his decent into virtual manager hell, Will deals with some Eletron app weirdness, and they both have some thoughts to share about trying out Cosmic before launch. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:19 - Cosmic thoughts 00:15:24 - Will's diary entry 00:32:47 - Adam's diary entry 01:00:28 - Questions 01:12:47 - Homework & Outro - GPU passthrough video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g--fe8_kEcw Join the PC & Linux related discussions and ask us questions on Discord: https://discord.gg/WWnEzTDhw Follow the crew on X or Bluesky: @AdamPMurray @WillSmith ============= Read PCWorld! Website: http://www.pcworld.com Newsletter: http://www.pcworld.com/newsletters/si... =============

Join the Dual Boot Diaries as long-time Windows users chronicle their experinces trying to use Linux daily. In this episode Adam covers his problems installing Fedora Cosmic and configuring his first VM, while Will talks about his issues with Grub which lead to a Windows reinstall. Join the PC & Linux related discussions and ask us questions on Discord: https://discord.gg/WWnEzTDhw Follow the crew on X or Bluesky: @AdamPMurray @WillSmith ============= Read PCWorld! Website: http://www.pcworld.com Newsletter: http://www.pcworld.com/newsletters/si... ============= 00:00:00 - Start 00:06:02 - Many ways to break Grub 00:27:52 - GeForce Now on Linux 00:36:53 - Adam's first VM 00:48:41 - MangoHud update 00:53:11 - Desktop suspend fixed 00:56:24 - Homework & outro

Join the Dual Boot Diaries as long-time Windows users chronicle their experinces trying to use Linux daily. In this episode Adam celebrates some small victories and talks about his experiences try to get an Nvidia GPU working in Fedora (with the help from Discord, while Will recounts his adventures trying to get his desktop to reliably wake from sleep and how gaming has been going with Niri. Join the PC & Linux related discussions and ask us questions on Discord: https://discord.gg/WWnEzTDhw Follow the crew on X or Bluesky: @AdamPMurray @WillSmith ============= Read PCWorld! Website: http://www.pcworld.com Newsletter: http://www.pcworld.com/newsletters/si... ============= "00:00 Intro" "01:25 General topics" "09:17 Will's week" "30:24 Adam's week" "55:04 Homework & Conclusion"

Join the Dual Boot Diaries as long-time Windows users chronicle their experinces trying to use Linux daily. In this episode Adam and Will start by talking about the new hardware announcements from Valve and what they mean for Linux. After that they do their weekly check in where Adam covers his first Linux testing experiences and Will explains why he reinstalled Cachy on his home desktop. Join the PC & Linux related discussions and ask us questions on Discord: https://discord.gg/WWnEzTDhw Follow the crew on X or Bluesky: @AdamPMurray @WillSmith ============= Read PCWorld! Website: http://www.pcworld.com Newsletter: http://www.pcworld.com/newsletters/si... =============

Join the Dual Boot Diaries as long-time Windows users chronicle their experinces trying to use Linux daily. In this episode Adam talks about why he is all in on Fedora and how he is thinking about benchmarking hardware in Linux. Will covers the changes he has made to Niri, how to set up Rsync/Rclone, and the failure of Winboat. Join the PC & Linux related discussions and ask us questions on Discord: https://discord.gg/SGPRSy7 Follow the crew on X or Bluesky: @AdamPMurray @WillSmith ============= Read PCWorld! Website: http://www.pcworld.com Newsletter: http://www.pcworld.com/newsletters/si... =============