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It's really about convenience, and Windows is trying it's hardest to be inconvenient.
IMO the sweet spot is still both: linux for most desktop use, and an extremely lobotomized Windows 11 for certain graphical things that prefer it. And I think that needs to be made clear to more people too: it's not necessarily a choice between one or the other.
Lobotomized Windows? Have you got more information on that? I used to have dual boot ages ago, but my current lifestyle demands a laptop - that's non negotiable. Unfortunately Linux and some graphics/3d software on a laptop is near impossible for my level of tech savvy, (I tried) but if you can kindly point me in the right direction to remove annoying from windows I'd be very grateful.
Ah, I am AFK from Windows at the moment, but ping me later if I forget.
I don't remember what exactly I used, but it was at least one "Windows customizer" tool from github, and it's lobotomized to the point where I never see onedrive, copilot, any kind of Windows crap or ad ever come through. Defender is disabled, stuff like office won't work, but that's fine with me (and UWP apps work fine).
I also have it set up so linux and Windows share an NTFS partition (which you can do even on a laptop) for "common storage." Anything important goes there. So I can wipe Windows and the drop of a hat, reinstall it and not lose more than like 30 minutes lol. And Windows can't access the linux partition, so I am not to worried about security either (since anything actually valuable is done there instead).
Thank you. You describe something like what lvxferre linked (possibly while you were typing this answer) the Windows Debloat script. It looks promising.
Yes when I had dual it worked exactly as you describe, with Linux being able to read and write on Windows partition but not the other way around, which was handy. I do remember switching back and forth was a bit of a pain though, and I ended up using windows for the most part. Graphics is 80% of what I use my computer for after all.