I’ll look into that. Though I don’t understand the last part. Can I go grub for LMDE and Limine for CachyOS or do I have to choose one? I understand you described it in case we were going with Grub for both. Is it with Limine similar? I don’t even know if what I’m asking makes any sense. Thanks and sorry in advance haha

Noted. Thanks!!

I will install it in a new SSD.

Partition is the space an OS reserves for it’s installation and booting, I’d say. File system doesn’t sound too familiar to me. Bootloader I guess would be the system that a PC uses to boot an OS like GRUB or Limine?

I will look these terms up to see if I’m as lost as I think hahah

I’ll try that. Maybe not with windows but with any Linux OS that can achieve the goal. Thanks!

I tried it and it made some programs (like DaVinci, which is a priority) stop working entirely. For the vast majority worked, tho.

No problem, I guessed so. It’s the only os with official DaVinci Resolve support and I heard it’s very complicated to work with, mainly if you’re a beginner like me. But in the end I haven’t actually tested it, so maybe I shouldn’t discard it that fast, we’ll see 🫡

I’ll save that RockyOS option just in case, since I would like the distro to support DaVinci and gaming at the same time. Thankss

How did you install Affinity? Was it difficult? I tried installing it in LMDE and had no luck.

I’ll do some research on ventoy and the distro hopping system you explained, although I’m not sure I’m willing to start that process, since right now what I want is finding something that just works for me without having to spend too much time on it and specially not having to make any reset and/or backups. Just dualbooting and setting the gaming and video editing set up without going crazy. Thanks anyways!

I have an Nvidia GPU and Debian’s latest Nvidia driver update is aproximately one year and a half late in comparison with Nvidia’s latest release. That’s probably the main issue and the reason Debian and LMDE (and some other non-gaming focused distros) don’t work for me (just in the gaming and video editing aspect), so I’m definitely discarding them as gaming (and related) single OS’s atm, though if I could I would run Debian as my main and single OS in my PC.

Thanks for your extense and detailed reply. I’ll have it all in mind when choosing. Thanks!

That’s what I’m also thinking atm. I’ll keep yall updated. Thank you!

Noted 🫡

Well, I think I’ve actually messed with libraries some times when installing or trying to some programs x’d. Yeah, regular Mint was surely a better choice, but well, now that I’m on LMDE I don’t find a reason to switch to Mint. I prefer directly going dual-boot with a distro that solves the concrete issues I’m having, since in general LMDE is totally ok but has these specific “issues” in my personal case. Thanks!

Ok, I’ll stick to just grub or Limine if it assures more stability, I guess it would be overcomplicating it for nothing. Thanks!

I’ll leave Debian for when I switch from LMDE, because I think I’ll still have the same issues I’m reporting on LMDE. Thank you anyways!

I’ll have that in mind, thanks!

I’ll try not to dual-boot unless it’s the only way; first I’ll stress all options inside LMDE (with makeresolvedeb, VMs, distrobox(?), etc.) and if it still doesn’t solve the issues I’m having in LMDE, I’ll dual-boot (preparing for these cases of course). Thanks!

This quite represents the point where I’m at. I’m prioritizing CachyOS (although there are countersides and other gaming-focused OS’s that can end up being better for me) but got recommended Fedora multiple times by now, so, we’ll see, maybe I end up choosing Fedora. Thank you!

Woah, didn’t know that about grub. I hardly understand what it is, so it leaves me with a question: I don’t know if that makes any sense or goes directly against the nature of the bootloader definition but, can I switch one OS’s bootloader to Limine (got told by another user that grub failed for him with Cachy and switching to Limine solved it) and the other still be grub?