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I "tried" Linux but never got it usable. I initially decided to run a vm on virtualbox to experiment. I tried Debian, arch, kali, Ubuntu and all ended up having an input lag of 1-2 seconds. Windows the system was fine. But I found my self unable to do basic tasks it was no bad. I don't mean I didn't know a command or unwilling to find a foss software equivalent, I mean it took several tries to get the mouse over the X to close a program due to input lag.
OK I then decided to try a docker container with Linux. It got so messed up if I open docker desktop it displays an error that the container was unable to start, if you close the error to edit settings or create a new container it closes docker desktop, no way to fix it.
I was able to get a wsl command line working but all I found it able to do is add 5 steps to everything due to having to start the command, start wsl, log on, elevate permissions etc.
Okay, but have you tried actually installing it? VMs just have worse performance
That may be my only choice. Was trying to avoid it as I don't want to lose everything on my computer and dual booting would be difficult as I don't have a huge hard drive.
You don't need to install it to try it. Many distros will let you try the os while it is booted off of the usb. Ofc this doesn't give you all the functionality and you won't be able to save data. But you will at least see the performance is better.
So, am I the only one with terrible performance when booting from USB? Really long input lag, loading times, all that. I figured it wasn't a big deal for installing once and occasional troubleshooting, but it's not really representative of the normal experience booting from my ssd.