Few questions after fresh install of EnOS (dual-boot with Windows)

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  1. I have an external 4TB HDD, and I’ve used it on Windows exclusively. It is also NTFS formated. Since I run Linux in dual-boot mode with Windows now, can I write to that HDD while using Linux or will that mess it up? I mainly store movies/series there that serve as a library for Plex.

  2. I own RX 6800XT AMD GPU. Are drivers automatically installed to the latest version, or do I have to install them somehow manually? I would like to use radeon-vulken(MESA) drivers, and not AMDVLK.

  3. Do I need to download some kinds of codes in order for everything video related to work properly?

If any other questions come to my mind, I’d reply in the post.

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You shouldn’t have any issues with this, my external HDD is several years old and was formated on windows as NTFS.

Not to sure about question 2 - maybe have a look here https://discovery.endeavouros.com/category/amd-gpu/
And for question 3 could you clarify - is this for video playback?

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You might also want to have a look at: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Vulkan

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I’d recommend you follow the approach highlighted by pebcak above and spend some time reading the Arch wiki - the vast vast majority of questions are already answered by the information it contains.

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Thanks everyone. Will take a look at the Arch wiki.

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