There is a game I am considering getting; it has been out for a few months now, and the devs are specifically blocking it from running under proton with a Kernel Level Anticheat which specifically blocks linux.

Folks on the discussion boards made the point tht it is technically possible to install windows for just one steam game, so I am looking for a guide on how to do that?

I’ve heard that if you don’t activate windows, you can still use it, and if you get the LSTC (?) Version of windows, it is not so annoying.

Does anyone have a guide for how to install windows alongside linux for one game?

If we have a discussion in the comments about whether it is tactically appropriate to give money to a game corporation that requires windows, i guess we can, but i would rather learn how to install windows in the least annoying way possible.

  • Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    6 hours ago

    There’s no such thing? You’ll have to install windows just like you installed Linux. I’m confused how you got Linux on your machine yet you’re asking this question-did someone else install it for you? If so, best to not mess around with repartitioning your drive. High likelihood of you screwing up your boot partition. Best to jam in another hard drive, unplug your Linux drive and go to town. Or heck, do what you want and learn :) breaking things is the best way to learn…

    Just please back up all your files before you go crazy. You can’t permanently damage or break anything on your computer, but you CAN permanently delete files you cared about :)

    • sem@piefed.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
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      4 hours ago

      To be honest, installing linux the firat time was a real disaster back in 2006. I had to learn how to use the virtual terminal, run some terminal commands, and handwrite an xorg config file just to get a gui.

      Since then installing linux has gotten pretty easy. I’m comfortable repartitioning, backing up data, etc., and a lot of those skills were developes by working through guides and learning as I went.

      I’m non knowlegeable or comfortable about

      • Sourcing and activating windows LTSC (will try massgrave)
      • EFI boot sector (will disconnect all other drives while installing windows)

      I also don’t know what I don’t know. But installing windows as a dual boot option has got to be common enough that a guide exists, right?