Is it bad if I remove half of the storage my arch linux distro uses?

[finite turtle]

I've never ever used more than 100GB for linux, and I have a 500gb HDD, I want to install windows on it for gaming and like easier usb file transfer.

How can I do this?

[fierce zealot]

@finite turtle do you have a w11 iso?

[finite turtle]

no, im gonna install ghost spectre 10 superlite

[fierce zealot]

@cobalt plover come here

[finite turtle]

aka just tweaked 10

[fierce zealot]

@finite turtle 10 is eol fyi

[finite turtle]

11 is spyware 11.0

[fierce zealot]

then why use windows?

[finite turtle]

well, tweaked

okay lemme rephrase

11 is slowed down 10

[fierce zealot]

why not make your own?

[finite turtle]

thats all it is to me

[finite turtle]

ghost spectre is awesome

[fierce zealot]

The problem With custom ISOs is that you are 100% dependent on the ISO provider and are sometimes even prohibited from changing settings within the OS yourself. Even worse, there is also the possibility of preinstalled malware like keyloggers or reverse shells for botnets. Distributing modified versions of Windows is illegal and can net some serious jail time. You can decide for yourself if someone is willing to break the law just for people to only get a "clean" version of Windows. But don't complain if your credentials get stolen.

[finite turtle]

ghost spectre is pretty trusted

I could also just use atlasos

[fierce zealot]

see above

[finite turtle]

1. I don't really want to make/tweak my own windows iso, atlas/ghost spectre comes with better ways
2. they are usually opensource, atlasos and ghost spectre

[fierce zealot]

don't ever use a pre-customized Windows ISO. Always use an official one with verified hashes, and then apply customizations after installation. This will ensure you don't miss anything shady that gets snuck in.
Projects that modify your existing ISO are also ok (like this one) given that you properly vet the changes it's going to make.

[finite turtle]

atlasos technically is modifying the existing iso

since they are using playbooks which happens after installation

[fierce zealot]

tl:dr get a w11 iso and debloat it yourself

[cobalt plover]

Not sure what the deal is here? I'm here, but I'm not seeing anything here to help.

[fierce zealot]

@cobalt plover nvm

[cobalt plover]

aight.

[finite turtle]

ill use atlas playbook to modify the og w10

but all i wanted to know is how do i take half of the storage of my partition

for w10 or w11

[finite turtle]

the og question got ignored xd

[cobalt plover]

fair enough.

[finite turtle]

I wanna know how to remove half of this storage and turn it into free space

or if its unrecommended

because i really want to because usb file transfer between a phone and my laptop is super easy on windows

also gaming like roblox and valorant

[sand mauve]

Nah it's fine but leave at least 20% of free space in the Linux partition. I do it all the time to do my exams then delete windows right after...

I usually just use gparted to shrink the Linux partition and leave some free space to install windows. I use Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021 (supported till Jan 13, 2032). During the windows installation, pick custom, create a small partition (100 mb etc) then extend it to the full size of the remaining free space. This step is important since it forces windows to install to 1 partition and its boot files to the existing ESP partition making it much cleaner since you're installing windows after Linux.

If you want valorant, I think you would need to setup secureboot (sbctl) with Microsoft keys if you haven't already.

[fierce zealot]

@finite turtle

[finite turtle]

okay but I can't do that.. HDD is always busy and cant ever be unmounted