Dual Boot Diaries

Adam Patrick Murray, Will Smith
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The Dual Boot Diaries podcast follows two long-time Windows users learning to use Desktop Linux. 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.

  1. 18h ago

    AI Porting Software? Proton Habits? Linux App Summit? All Q&A

    Join the Dual Boot Diaries podcast as long-time Windows learn to use Desktop Linux. In this episode Adam and Will announce the end of the show and answer a bunch of questions. Links: - AI ported Adobe: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Adobe-Lightroom-CC-Linux 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

    1h 18m

  2. May 22

    Episode 38: Windows Check In, Late Night Choices, Xune Software For & More

    Join the Dual Boot Diaries podcast as long-time Windows learn to use Desktop Linux. In this episode Will recounts some bad late night changes he made to his system and getting his Zune HD up and running, while Adam checks in on the coming changes to Windows 11. Timecodes: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:03:25 - Will's diary entry 00:29:49 - Adam's diary entry 01:06:49 - Homework & outro Links: - Xune software: https://github.com/VitalElement/Xune - Windows Insider blog May 1: https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2026/05/01/windows-quality-update-progress-weve-made-since-march/ - Windows Insider blog May 15: https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2026/05/15/improving-windows-quality-making-taskbar-and-start-more-personal/ 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

    1h 23m

  3. May 15

    Will's Shocking Revelation, Broken VM, Missed Backups & More

    Join the Dual Boot Diaries podcast as long-time Windows learn to use Desktop Linux. In this episode Adam reveals how multiple things have broken in his setup and Will (potentially) blows everyone's socks off with some KDE vs Niri testing. Timecodes: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:40 - Adam's diary entry 00:31:34 - Discord news 00:37:23 - Will's diary entry 01:01:49 - Homework & outro Links: - Discord video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwNfmazmU4o - Morphosis: https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/morphosis - Darktable: https://www.darktable.org/ - Peazip: https://peazip.github.io/ 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

    1h 20m

  4. May 8

    OpenClaw Breaks, Fedora 44 Release, CopyFail Threat & More

    Join the Dual Boot Diaries podcast as long-time Windows learn to use Desktop Linux. In this episode Adam and Will talk about some major news including the CopyFail exploit then dive into what they have been working on. Timecodes: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:52 - Linux news 00:16:17 - Will's diary entry 00:44:45 - Adam's diary entry 01:19:59 - Outro Links: - CopyFail: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/04/as-the-most-severe-linux-threat-in-years-surfaces-the-world-scrambles/ - Discord update: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/discord-is-finally-less-of-a-nuisance-to-update-on-linux/ - PAM explained: https://www.linux.com/news/understanding-pam/ - Fedora 44: https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-44/ 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

    1h 33m

  5. May 1

    Paid FOSS? Flatpak VS DNF? Game Mod On Linux? All Q&A

    Join the Dual Boot Diaries podcast as long-time Windows learn to use Desktop Linux. In this episode Adam and Will answer a ton of burning questions from the community. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:48 - Windows K2 00:9:42 - Q&A 01:14:43 - Outro Links: - Windows K2: https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/what-is-windows-k2-everything-you-need-to-know-saving-windows-11 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

    1h 22m

  6. Apr 24

    Single Use Linux, Family Gaming, 3D Printing & More

    Join the Dual Boot Diaries as long-time Windows users chronicle their experiences trying to use Linux daily. In this episode Will is joined by Jeff from Craft Computing to talk about single use Linux machines, switching Jeff’s household to Linux for games, and 3D printing. 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

    1h 1m

  7. Apr 17

    Adam's First Compile, OpenClaw Set Up, 3D Printing Fun & More

    Join the Dual Boot Diaries as long-time Windows users chronicle their experiences trying to use Linux daily. In this episode Adam hits another major milestone and Will has a bunch of little things he's working on. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:54 - Valve VRAM optimization 00:12:09 - Adam's diary entry 00:35:24 - Will's diary entry 01:08:00 - Homework 01:24:43 - Outro Links: - Valve VRAM optimization: https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/valve-engineer-shocks-linux-community-with-game-changing-vram-hack-for-8gb-gpus-breakthrough-solution-turbocharges-gaming-by-prioritizing-vram-for-games-while-background-tasks-take-a-back-seat - DSpico - LNH Team: https://www.lnh-team.org/ - Buy DSpico from Phenom Mod: https://store.phenommod.com/product/dspico-pre-order/ - Set up OpenClaw on AMD: https://www.amd.com/en/resources/articles/run-openclaw-locally-on-amd-ryzen-ai-max-and-radeon-gpus.html 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

    1h 31m

  8. Apr 10

    Old MacBook Challenge, Old ThinkPad Upgrades, Linux Hits 5% & More

    Join the Dual Boot Diaries as long-time Windows users chronicle their experiences trying to use Linux daily. In this episode Will takes on the old laptop challenge with a mid-2010's MacBook Pro and Adam supes up his Old ThinkPad. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:05:14 - Adam's diary entry 00:27:51 - Will's diary entry 00:53:12 - Homework 01:11:02 - Outro Links: - Linux market share on Steam: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-On-Linux-Tops-5p - Save Desktop: https://github.com/vikdevelop/SaveDesktop - ThinkPad support from Lenovo: https://youtu.be/OIxpVUzsplU?si=RqlAvKqiyRHVkw19 - USB C charging mod: https://www.instructables.com/USB-C-Charging-for-ThinkPad-T450s/ - Cachy on old MacBook: https://discuss.cachyos.org/t/cachyos-clean-install-on-macbook-pro-11-5-mid-2015/24190 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

    1h 20m
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The Dual Boot Diaries podcast follows two long-time Windows users learning to use Desktop Linux. 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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  • Creator
    Adam Patrick Murray, Will Smith
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    44
  • Rating
    Explicit
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  • Show Website
    Dual Boot Diaries

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