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So we were in the middle of a WAN live stream and it cut off all of a sudden, this was the picture we were left with LOL
 
 

So we were in the middle of a WAN live stream and it cut off all of a sudden, this was the picture we were left with LOL
 
 

I would say Linux is the better option for any machine. What you will need to decide is what Distro and Desktop. Ubuntu is a fantastic Distro and anything you search on the internet with the word Ubuntu normally comes up with a topic with a solution.
 
If your focus is gaming then for starters you do not want to run them on Virtual Machine at all. The Virtual Machine will kill your performance making the gaming experience poor and higher resource demanding games.
 
I have attempted gaming on many Distro's and even had the same proprietary drivers and versions of WINE, Winetriicks etc on them using Lutris. What I can tell you is, Pop OS, which is pretty much Ubuntu, is polished for Gaming and since it is pretty much the same as your Ubuntu all help guides from Ubuntu work on it also.
 
Pop OS uses does use the Gnome Desktop, which may take some time to get use to. You can edit the look and feel with Gnome Tweaks and Dconf Editor to turn my desktop into the look and feel that works for me.
 
Lutris is the Key with gaming. You will need to make sure to get the dependencies. So far the only one I had to get was Vulkan which Lutris directed me right to it and I installed it in like a minute. Other then that, I have installed and played all my favorite games including World of Warcraft which I could not get to work on any other Distro / Desktop even following all the guides. But on Pop OS it just worked and now I am ready to play Classic when it comes out August 26th
 
Hope this is somewhat helpful, check out the link below to find your games and see if they show as working correctly.
Lutris.net

Looks like a scam tbh
Parts of the site are just plain broken. Big name YouTubers are easily swayed with money, and user reviews/testimonials like the ones given can easily be faked.
Plus their terms and conditions pretty much say that if they even suspect that any of your traffic is fake, then they'll shut down your account and demand all of their payouts be refunded over the threat of "legal action"
But hell even if you are getting paid like the reviews imply, you're simply getting a meager, unstable income to advertise for huge companies. Not something I'd like to do.

-= Moved to Folding@home, Boinc, and Coin Mining =-

I tried switching from raid to AHCI in BIOS and it worked! My laptop is dual booted now. Thanks so much!

I had the same issue but mine was because my drive was set to raid. Changing mine to AHCI actually fixed my issue with no hard drive being detected.
 
I think I reset my default during a boot order change on accident, but it took me a few hours to figure it out. User error on my part. 
 
Also make sure your creating the USB bootable in DD which also makes a big difference. 

I heard that System76 has done a fantastic job with Pop! OS. I have not actually given them a try, but I may have to see if this is more my answer.
Thanks for sharing

So we were in the middle of a WAN live stream and it cut off all of a sudden, this was the picture we were left with LOL
 
 

I would say Linux is the better option for any machine. What you will need to decide is what Distro and Desktop. Ubuntu is a fantastic Distro and anything you search on the internet with the word Ubuntu normally comes up with a topic with a solution.
 
If your focus is gaming then for starters you do not want to run them on Virtual Machine at all. The Virtual Machine will kill your performance making the gaming experience poor and higher resource demanding games.
 
I have attempted gaming on many Distro's and even had the same proprietary drivers and versions of WINE, Winetriicks etc on them using Lutris. What I can tell you is, Pop OS, which is pretty much Ubuntu, is polished for Gaming and since it is pretty much the same as your Ubuntu all help guides from Ubuntu work on it also.
 
Pop OS uses does use the Gnome Desktop, which may take some time to get use to. You can edit the look and feel with Gnome Tweaks and Dconf Editor to turn my desktop into the look and feel that works for me.
 
Lutris is the Key with gaming. You will need to make sure to get the dependencies. So far the only one I had to get was Vulkan which Lutris directed me right to it and I installed it in like a minute. Other then that, I have installed and played all my favorite games including World of Warcraft which I could not get to work on any other Distro / Desktop even following all the guides. But on Pop OS it just worked and now I am ready to play Classic when it comes out August 26th
 
Hope this is somewhat helpful, check out the link below to find your games and see if they show as working correctly.
Lutris.net

I would highly suggest running on a secondary HDD because Microsoft "Accidentally" likes to delete secondary OS that are not Microsoft during major updates. This will also prevent several other known issues dual booting can present.