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Dual Boot Diaries

Adam Patrick Murray, Will Smith

Dual Boot Diaries follows two long-time Windows users as they see if they can switch to Linux full time. Each week hosts Adam Patrick Murray and Will Smith go through their experiences daily-driving Linux, with the whole show culminating in them deleting either Windows or Linux from their hard drives.

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88:52

Episode 19: CES Check In, Streaming Machine & Lots Of...

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2026/01/10

Join the Dual Boot Diaries as long-time Windows users chronicle their experinces trying to use Linux daily. In this episode the guys recap their holiday Linux experiences and Adam provides a CES update.*pardon the audio quality, the setup wasn't ideal because Adam was on the road. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:42 - Will's diary entry 00:19:59 - Adam's diary entry 00:50:00 - CES check in 01:25:23 - Homework & outro Join the PC & Linux related discussions and ask us questions on Discord:

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44:08

Special Edition: Sappire Ed's Transition To Linux Gaming

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2026/01/02

Join the Dual Boot Diaries as long-time Windows users chronicle their experinces trying to use Linux daily. In this episode Adam and Will are joined by special Guest Ed Crisler, North American PR Manager at Sapphire Technology, about this own personal transition to linux after decades with Windows.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:

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51:44

Episode 18: Ubuntu Studio, Keymapping In Linux,...

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2025/12/26

Join the Dual Boot Diaries as long-time Windows users chronicle their experinces trying to use Linux daily. In this episode Will ponders which distro to pick on his new OBS streaming machine and goes into keymapping support, while Adam dives deeper into firewall settings and gaming.00:00 - Intro 01:46 - Will's diary entry 28:43 - Adam's diary entry 41:39 - Homework & outro Join the PC & Linux related discussions and ask us questions on Discord: https://discord.gg/WWnEzTDhw Follow the crew on X

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91:32

Episode 17: Configs On GitHub, New File Managers,...

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2025/12/19

Join the Dual Boot Diaries as long-time Windows users chronicle their experinces trying to use Linux daily. In this episode Will talks about syncing to GitHub and switching to the Framework 13 laptop, and Adam talks about his first steps towards Linux gaming and looking at new file managers.00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:55 - Will's diary entry 00:32:34 - Adam's diary entry 01:12:51 - Questions 01:20:47 - Homework & Outro Join the PC & Linux related discussions and ask us questions on Discord:

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84:42

NixOS Install, Angelica's MacBook, VM Achievement &...

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2025/12/12

Join the Dual Boot Diaries as long-time Windows users chronicle their experinces trying to use Linux daily. In this episode Adam talks about weird audio pop ups and a resolution to his VM journey, and Will gives his first thoughts on NixOS and fixes his dirty bit.00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:11 - Adam's diary entry 00:33:50 - Will's diary entry 00:58:22 - Questions 01:16:08 - Homework & Outro Join the PC & Linux related discussions and ask us questions on Discord:

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72:21

Special: System76 Talks Cosmic Launch

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2025/12/11

Join the Dual Boot Diaries as long-time Windows users chronicle their experinces trying to use Linux daily. In this episode Adam and Will are joined by Carl Richell and Jeremy Soller of ⁨System76⁩ to talk about the launch of Cosmic.Join the PC & Linux related discussions and ask us questions on Discord: https://discord.gg/WWnEzTDhw Follow the crew on X or Bluesky: @AdamPMurray @WillSmith ============= Read PCWorld! Website: http://www.pcworld.com Newsletter:

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82:45

Episode 15: VM Hell, Cosmic Thoughts, DAW Auditions

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2025/12/05

Join the Dual Boot Diaries as long-time Windows users chronicle their experinces trying to use Linux daily. In this episode Adam covers his decent into virtual manager hell, Will deals with some Eletron app weirdness, and they both have some thoughts to share about trying out Cosmic before launch.00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:19 - Cosmic thoughts 00:15:24 - Will's diary entry 00:32:47 - Adam's diary entry 01:00:28 - Questions 01:12:47 - Homework & Outro - GPU passthrough video:

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72:54

Episode 14: Broken Grubs, First VM Trials, Cosmic On...

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2025/11/28

Join the Dual Boot Diaries as long-time Windows users chronicle their experinces trying to use Linux daily. In this episode Adam covers his problems installing Fedora Cosmic and configuring his first VM, while Will talks about his issues with Grub which lead to a Windows reinstall.Join the PC & Linux related discussions and ask us questions on Discord: https://discord.gg/WWnEzTDhw Follow the crew on X or Bluesky: @AdamPMurray @WillSmith ============= Read PCWorld! Website:

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60:06

Episode 13: Sleep/Wake Issues, Nvidia On Linux, Minor...

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2025/11/21

Join the Dual Boot Diaries as long-time Windows users chronicle their experinces trying to use Linux daily. In this episode Adam celebrates some small victories and talks about his experiences try to get an Nvidia GPU working in Fedora (with the help from Discord, while Will recounts his adventures trying to get his desktop to reliably wake from sleep and how gaming has been going with Niri.Join the PC & Linux related discussions and ask us questions on Discord:

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84:11

Episode 12: Valve Paves The Way (Again), Linux...

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2025/11/14

Join the Dual Boot Diaries as long-time Windows users chronicle their experinces trying to use Linux daily. In this episode Adam and Will start by talking about the new hardware announcements from Valve and what they mean for Linux. After that they do their weekly check in where Adam covers his first Linux testing experiences and Will explains why he reinstalled Cachy on his home desktop.Join the PC & Linux related discussions and ask us questions on Discord:

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63:51

Episode 11: Linux Benchmarking, Rclone Setup, All In...

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2025/11/07

Join the Dual Boot Diaries as long-time Windows users chronicle their experinces trying to use Linux daily. In this episode Adam talks about why he is all in on Fedora and how he is thinking about benchmarking hardware in Linux. Will covers the changes he has made to Niri, how to set up Rsync/Rclone, and the failure of Winboat.Join the PC & Linux related discussions and ask us questions on Discord: https://discord.gg/SGPRSy7 Follow the crew on X or Bluesky: @AdamPMurray @WillSmith

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65:15

Episode 10: Bazzite On Legion Go 2, Bluetooth/Locking...

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2025/10/31

Join the Dual Boot Diaries as long-time Windows users chronicle their experinces trying to use Linux daily. In this episode Adam installs on more hardware, including the newest release of Bazzite for the Lenovo Legion Go 2 and Will finally fixed his issues with laptop locking and Bluetooth.Join the PC & Linux related discussions and ask us questions on Discord: https://discord.gg/jCzHZwVd Follow the crew on X or Bluesky: @AdamPMurray @WillSmith ============= Read PCWorld! Website:

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55:46

Special: Ethical Hacker Talks Distro Security,...

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2025/10/27

Join the Dual Boot Diaries as long-time Windows users chronicle their experinces trying to use Linux daily. In this episode Adam is joined by special guest Mike Danseglio, Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) and Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), to talk about all things security related in Linux. The conversation includes the safest distros/package mangers, whether you need antivirus or not, how to keep yourself safe, and much more.Join the PC & Linux related discussions and

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63:00

Episode 9: Hardest Part Of Linux? Why Not WSL? Screen...

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2025/10/25

Join the Dual Boot Diaries as long-time Windows users chronicle their experinces trying to use Linux daily. In this episode Adam and Will take some time to get through a bunch of questions we've recieved on The Full Nerd Discord channel. Thanks to everyone who submitted a question, head over to the DBD_questions channel if you have something specific you'd like to know in the future!Join the PC & Linux related discussions and ask us questions on Discord: https://discord.gg/jCzHZwVd Follow the

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68:58

Dead Laptop, ARU Down, Wild Framework Idea & More |...

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2025/10/17

Join the Dual Boot Diaries as long-time Windows users chronicle their experinces trying to use Linux daily. In this episode Will talks about his dead Asus laptop, how he broke Cachy, what he did when ARU was down; and Adam also sets up a new laptop with Bazzite and floats a wild idea to use multiple Framework devices.Join the PC & Linux related discussions and ask us questions on Discord: https://discord.gg/jCzHZwVd Follow the crew on X or Bluesky: @AdamPMurray @WillSmith

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50:27

Episode 7: Games Partitioning, Tiling WM,...

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2025/10/10

Join the Dual Boot Diaries as long-time Windows users chronicle their experinces trying to use Linux daily. In this episode Adam dives into Wendell's fixes, using Audacity in Linux, and exploring the dark world of celebrity distros, while Will updates everyone on how he set up partitions for gaming, his love for tiling desktops, and Battlefield 6 testing.Join the PC & Linux related discussions and ask us questions on Discord: https://discord.gg/jCzHZwVd Follow the crew on X or Bluesky:

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30:31

Special: Framework CEO Talks Linux Support, Personal...

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2025/10/08

Join the Dual Boot Diaries as long-time Windows users chronicle their experinces trying to use Linux daily. In this episode Will is joined by Nirav Patel, CEO and Founder of Framework, to talk about why Linux support is so important to him and the company.Join the PC & Linux related discussions and ask us questions on Discord: https://discord.gg/SGPRSy7 Follow the crew on X or Bluesky: @AdamPMurray @WillSmith ============= Read PCWorld! Website: http://www.pcworld.com Newsletter:

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75:57

Episode 6: Level1Techs Helps With Our Homework & More

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2025/10/03

Join the Dual Boot Diaries as long-time Windows users chronicle their experinces trying to use Linux daily. In this episode Adam and Will are joined by Wendell from Level1Techs (aka The Final Boss) in a remote location to talk about his first experiences with Linux, why he loves tiling window managers, and helps the guys with their homework.Join the PC & Linux related discussions and ask us questions on Discord: https://discord.gg/SGPRSy7 Follow the crew on X or Bluesky: @AdamPMurray

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86:30

Episode 5: Linux Jank, Lenovo Laptop Config & More

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2025/09/26

Join the Dual Boot Diaries as long-time Windows users chronicle their experinces trying to use Linux daily. In this episode Will shares his efforts to get his custom desktop PC set up for gaming/streaming and Adam walks through the steps he's taken to get Ubuntu all set up on his Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen7.Join the PC & Linux related discussions and ask us questions on Discord: https://discord.gg/SGPRSy7 Follow the crew on X or Bluesky: @AdamPMurray @WillSmith ============= Read

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77:42

Episode 4: Settling On A Distro, DE Switching & More

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2025/09/19

Join the Dual Boot Diaries as long-time Windows users chronicle their experinces trying to use Linux daily. In this episode Adam has returned from his trip to talk about using Ubuntu and trying out Fedora, while Will recounts his experiences using gnome on his laptop and installing Cachy on his desktop.Join the PC & Linux related discussions and ask us questions on Discord: https://discord.gg/SGPRSy7 Follow the crew on X or Bluesky: @AdamPMurray @WillSmith ============= Read

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