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by 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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- 3 weeks ago1h 28m
Episode 43: Deleting Partitions And Moving On. The End.
Join the Dual Boot Diaries podcast as long-time Windows learn to use Desktop Linux. In this episode Adam and Will do a final check in, talk about what's next, and finally delete a partition. Check out @notthatwillsmith and takecontrol.content.town for Will's new podcast! Timecodes: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:18 - Check-ins 00:34:55 - Future plans 00:49:44 - Final questions 01:00:00 - Partition deletion 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
- 4 weeks ago1h 11m
Episode 42: The Final Boss Helps Us Bust Common Linux Myths
Join the Dual Boot Diaries podcast as long-time Windows learn to use Desktop Linux. In this episode Adam and Will encounter The Final Boss, AKA Wendell from Level1Linux, to bust some Linux myths and catch him up on this penultimate episode! Check out takecontrol.content.town for Will's new podcast! Timecodes: Intro The final boss appears Myth 1: It's easy to switch Myth 2: Your family won't notice it's not Windows Myth 3: The distro doesn't matter Myth 4: There are too many distros Myth 5: Ubuntu/Pop/Mint are the best "starter" distros Myth 6: Rolling distros are less stable Myth 7: Linux doesn't get viruses Myth 8: Anti-cheat is always going to be a problem Myth 9: THIS is the year of desktop Linux Closing thoughts 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
- Jun 26, 20261h 1m
Episode 41: Desktop Show & Tell, Final Questions & More
Join the Dual Boot Diaries podcast as long-time Windows learn to use Desktop Linux. In this episode Adam and Will finally show off their desktops (sorry audio listeners) and go over some of the final questions for the series. Check out takecontrol.content.town for Will's new podcast! Timecodes: Intro Will's desktop Adam's desktop Q: What would an Adam OS be? Q: Run Linux in a VM to learn? Q: Has Linux changed your views? Q: Anit-cheat insight? Q: Move family to Linux? Q: Is this the era of Linux? Q: Do you worry about SteamMachine=0? Q: Should we wait for SteamOS? Q: Recommendation for setting up Niri? Q: Will you fight the final boss? 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
- Jun 19, 20261h 51m
Episode 40: The Beginning Of The End - What We've Learned So Far
Join the Dual Boot Diaries podcast as long-time Windows learn to use Desktop Linux. In this episode Adam and Will talk about the coming end of this podcast, what they've learned so far, Linux likes and dislikes, and more. Check out linux.content.town for Will's Linux podcast! Timecodes: 00:00:00 - Intro & new animals 00:05:03 - Beginning of the end 00:19:06 - What we've learned 00:43:55 - Linux likes/dislikes 01:02:42 - Will's diary entry 01:16:35 - Adam's diary entry 01:45:56 - 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
- May 31, 20261h 18m
Episode 39: 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
- May 22, 20261h 23m
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
- May 15, 20261h 19m
Episode 37: 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
- May 8, 20261h 33m
Episode 36: 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
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