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Hey, I use the Adobe Suite for daily use to build and develop posts and videos for multiple people and can't have my workflow slow down by learning a new application, I've looked into Linux a few times and want to really move over in the future but due to it not having support for Adobe, I'm not sure what to do.

One of the other applications I use is Sync (sync.com), It's an application to sync your files from a folder to the cloud allowing me to switch from my to laptop (what I can't run most things on) and then I can still access the files on the go if I need to send them to someone.

I also play plenty of games on Steam but not all of them have native Linux Instances. I believe Proton is actually helping bring non-native games to Linux which is a plus as really wouldn't want to lose access to playing them.

Any advice on how I can get using Linux without losing these sorts of functions or do I have to wait till Windows annoys enough people making them all move to Linux first?

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[–] Zeppo@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago (14 children)

One solution that has long existed is to have a dual boot system... you can choose which OS you want to load each time you start the system.

Another option is to run a Window VM in Linux.

[–] sbb@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (12 children)

If you must dual boot, have totally separate hard drives, and the choosing between Linux and Windows should be done in the UEFI boot menu, not GRUB menu. Windows can render Linux unbootable otherwise, requiring a rather complicated rescue. Windows would ideally not have any chance to see the Linux hard drive while booted.
An external SATA SSD in a USB enclosure is cheap these days.

[–] Teppic@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I've got Windows and Mint dual booting from the same drive, using grub. All seems to work fine for me...

[–] Celivalg@iusearchlinux.fyi 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Windows tends to overwrite the bootloader

[–] SamXavia@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

@Celivalg This seems to have been a problem I had previously on my old PC as I wanted to dual boot Windows and Linux before. Thank you.

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