I'd consider dual-booting the best option and personally I use this when Windows is a requirement. Everything works (just follow the wiki steps) EXCEPT when you try to use a TPM, which is painful to say the least. If you use normal (or no) disk encryption, then go for it. TL;DR- Pros: - Everything works flawlessly (I mean, as flawless as running only linux) Cons: - Secure boot/disk encryption with a TPM is going to be painful. Without a TPM, there's no issue, though. - If you are new, there's always a chance you'd mess up the first time (I remember, during my first Arch installation, I accidentally deleted the Windows bootloader). Although I agree, VirtualBox really sucks. If you want to use Arch on Windows, I'd say try out either Hyper-V (requires Win Pro version) or VMWare (good features are behind a paywall). If I use Arch on Windows, I do it without GUI using Hyper-V (although I've never tried Hyper-V's RDP-like thing), and if I need GUI I just run an X-server on Windows. Or, you can run Windows as a VM. I don't see any reason (taking into account your hardware and windows software needs) why this might be a problem for you. On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 3:32 AM <joerg.jellissen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > i have a problem. > > I would like to go back to ArchLInux, but i must use windows for most software like a DocumentScanner (Fujitsu Siemens ScanSnap IX500) with OCR Software, ABBY Fine Reader and so on, i have a LabelPrinter (Brother QL800) > > My Hobby is Photography with my CANON EOS 80D. I use Luminar 4 to edit my pictures. I found another solution called darktable. But only for this. > > > > I have a PC created by myself in 2015 with specs > > > > CPU: AMD FX(tm)-4100 Quad-Core Processor 3.60 GHz > > RAM: 18 GB > > SSD: Samsung 250GB 840 Pro Series for my OS > > HDD: WD 2TB as my primary data drive > > > > Is it a good choice to install two OS on my system? > > I like Linux, so i began to learn with Debian 5, with Linux Mint, a little bit Manjaro and for few months ArchLinux. > > > > I like ArchLInux. > > Is it a good choice to do this or is there another option to use both OS. > > > > A Windows VM with VirtualBox and Boxes doesn’t work fine ☹ i don’t know why > > So this is not an option > > > > > > Please can you help me by my brain storming. > > Many thanks > > >
