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stricko:
A quick additional question. Is Theatre View fully supported on the Linux version?

mrpro:
As far as I am aware, for audio, Theater view is fully supported. At least I don't notice any performance or appearance differences between the two.

I also use the same storage database for each. Most of my music resides on a single 6TB NTFS formatted hard drive. I use NTFS instead of Linux native ext-4 because Linux can access NTFS drives fine, but Windows cannot access Linux ext-4 formatted drives.This way, tag changes and cover art changes,etc made by Linux are fully readable by Windows and vice-versa. If you only use Linux I would advise using ext-4 to format all your hard drives.

My backup database resides on a networked Linux samba server, and both Windows and Linux are easily able to access and use it fine.

If you still can't decide which to use, perhaps a dual boot system (like I use), would help you decide. If you already have a Windows 10 license, install it on its own dedicated hard drive, and then install Linux on its own separate drive.

A little tip, during Linux install be sure you install the Linux boot loader on the same hard drive you install the Linux OS on, and set your system BIOS to boot from this drive instead of the Windows drive. (Windows will have already installed its own boot loader on its dedicated hard drive.) That way, if you decide to remove the Windows drive, you can easily do so, without affecting the Linux boot process. Linux grub will update its boot loader to remove the windows entry the next time it is updated.
Likewise, if you wish to remove the Linux drive, just remove it and set your bios to boot from the windows drive.

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