Run Linux as your desktop for email and browsing, use a Windows VM to do all the Windows stuff. Linux protects you better from viruses and malware which comes from email and browsing.
That's exactly what I do at work (I'm an IT System Admin).
[[Run Linux as your desktop for email and browsing, use a Windows VM to do all the Windows stuff. Linux protects you better from viruses and malware which comes from email and browsing.]]
Been sayign this for awhile now- I run linux as my main startup OS. I run windows 10 in a virtual machine (which i rarely use as I’ll explain in a bit) and I dual boot into windows 7 when i want to run windows only software or games. Do all my Internet stuff during the day on linux because of gthe decreased risk of viruses- email, etc- then at night do windows gaming (Racing Sims). Love the fact that i don’t have to constantly battle viruses because some malicious website or code redirects browser anymore- it just got to the point with windows it was a nearly weekly event with windows trying to keep the computer free from viruses.
Also- linux updates are very quick- windows updates (at least in windows 7) took a long long time- I don’t miss that anymore.
Also- if i ever have to reinstall linux- I can be up and running in about an hour as opposed to days with windows (After doing all the updates, customizations, software updates etc).
Meh- I’ll stick with linux- much more pleasant experience in my opinion- (Note- I do not get into all the geeky command line stuff- no need for me to- linux just works well enough for email, internet etc that i don’t have to muck with that stuff)
Just for fun I just installed Ubuntu on my 2003 Dell Dimension 8300 and it is working! That is a 15 year old computer!
It is a little slow by today’s standards but it is still useable.