Join the Dual Boot Diaries as long-time Windows users chronicle their experiences trying to use Linux daily. In this episode Will gets frustrated with issues related to keys and Adam takes on the old laptop challenge.

00:00:00 - Intro

00:08:17 - Will's diary entry

00:22:27 - Adam's diary entry

01:00:01 - Homework & Outro

Links:

- How Fedora updates: https://www.howtogeek.com/fedora-quietly-solved-linuxs-update-problem/

- Windows 11 promises: https://www.pcworld.com/article/3093997/windows-11-reset-microsoft-pledges-more-speed-stability-and-control.html

- Lenovo ThinkPad T440s: https://psref.lenovo.com/syspool/Sys/PDF/withdrawnbook/ThinkPad_T440s.pdf

Join the Linux related discussions and ask us questions on Discord: https://discord.gg/UWhjwg778a

Podcast feeds:

- Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dual-boot-diaries/id1834486410

- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/55Q7sjnPZs3vtQ5hnaa3LQ?si=996589bd2d414b31

- Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/lcfdy6bl

- YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiZwoK8DQiwwpRSLIqYZ4yVuCEIPCr2NL&si=Y_E4Na_TFyudPjAj

- RSS: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/IDG6626368398

Follow the crew on socials:

https://bsky.app/profile/willsmith.fun

https://bsky.app/profile/adampatrickmurray.bsky.social

https://x.com/AdamPMurray

=============

Read PCWorld!

Website: http://www.pcworld.com

Newsletter: http://www.pcworld.com/newsletters/signup

=============

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join the Dual Boot Diaries as long-time Windows users chronicle their experiences trying to use Linux daily. In this episode Adam and Will are joined by Certified Ethical Hacker Mike Danseglio to go over a ton of security related questions.

Join the Linux related discussions and ask us questions on Discord: https://discord.gg/UWhjwg778a

Follow the crew on socials:

https://bsky.app/profile/willsmith.fun

https://bsky.app/profile/adampatrickmurray.bsky.social

https://x.com/AdamPMurray

=============

Read PCWorld!

Website: http://www.pcworld.com

Newsletter: http://www.pcworld.com/newsletters/signup

=============

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join the Dual Boot Diaries as long-time Windows users chronicle their experiences trying to use Linux daily. In this episode Adam and Will do a quick check in before moving on to some questions.

00:00:00 - Intro

00:02:26 - Diary entries

00:27:04 - Q&A

00:57:41 - Outro

Join the Linux related discussions and ask us questions on Discord: https://discord.gg/UWhjwg778a

Follow the crew on socials:

https://bsky.app/profile/willsmith.fun

https://bsky.app/profile/adampatrickmurray.bsky.social

https://x.com/AdamPMurray

=============

Read PCWorld!

Website: http://www.pcworld.com

Newsletter: http://www.pcworld.com/newsletters/signup

=============

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join the Dual Boot Diaries as long-time Windows users chronicle their experiences trying to use Linux daily. In this episode Will continues down his journey of becoming a distro maintainer and Adam weighs what he does about audio issues.

00:00:00 - Intro

00:07:22 - Will's diary entry

00:37:44 - Adam's diary entry

00:59:54 - Homework & Outro

Join the Linux related discussions and ask us questions on Discord: https://discord.gg/UWhjwg778a

Follow the crew on socials:

https://bsky.app/profile/willsmith.fun

https://bsky.app/profile/adampatrickmurray.bsky.social

https://x.com/AdamPMurray

=============

Read PCWorld!

Website: http://www.pcworld.com

Newsletter: http://www.pcworld.com/newsletters/signup

=============

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join the Dual Boot Diaries as long-time Windows users chronicle their experiences trying to use Linux daily. In this episode Will marks a major milestone and contemplates creating his own distro while Adam is stuck in a rut.

Join the PC & Linux related discussions and ask us questions on Discord: https://discord.gg/UWhjwg778a

Follow the crew on socials:

https://bsky.app/profile/willsmith.fun

https://bsky.app/profile/adampatrickmurray.bsky.social

https://x.com/AdamPMurray

=============

Read PCWorld!

Website: http://www.pcworld.com

Newsletter: http://www.pcworld.com/newsletters/signup

=============

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join the Dual Boot Diaries as long-time Windows users chronicle their experiences trying to use Linux daily. In this episode Will celebrates using BlueBubbles in order to get iMessages working in Linux and Adam rants about his audio issues in Bazzite.

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

=============

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join the Dual Boot Diaries as long-time Windows users chronicle their experiences trying to use Linux daily. In this episode Adam and Will go through all the questions they've received in Discord, including the ultimate question: would you delete Windows or Linux right now?

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

=============

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join the Dual Boot Diaries as long-time Windows users chronicle their experiences trying to use Linux daily. In this episode Will provides another update for his streaming PC and talks about liquidctl, and Adam recounts his experience with LACT and talks about weird audio issues.

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:51 - Will's diary entry

00:29:36 - Adam's diary entry

00:56:57 - Handheld testing

01:17:28 - 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/si...

=============

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 - Intro
00:03:24 - News
00:14:41 - Adam's diary entry
00:54:30 - Will's diary entry
01:19:06 - 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.com
Newsletter: http://www.pcworld.com/newsletters/signup
=============

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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

=============

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices