Just want to ask some questions as I am considering installing linux as dual boot on a single drive in its own partition

• what partitions do linux distros need to function ?
• what linux distros support secure boot with nvidia drivers ?
• is it bad idea to install linux on a single drive in its own partition ?
• what precautions should I take other than backing up my hard drive before doing dual boot ?
• I have heard some linux distros like linux mint and ubuntu have a habit of touching other efi partitions when being told not to, are there any other distros that do that ?
• Expanding on the previous question qre there any distros that touch or corruption windows partitions ?
• How can I ensure my dual boot linux install won't touch my windows partition at all if I install dual boot linux ?
• Is there anything else I should be aware about ?

Hi linux folks I'm considering installing linux as dual boot on a second partition and want to achieve the same audio setup I have on Windows using software to get better quality audio than defualt Windows audio

The setup is:

Audio > Vb-Audio Hifi Cable Input > Vb-Audio Hifi Cable Output > VST host with plug-ins for equalisation > Voicemeeter Virtual ASIO Input > Voicemeeter WASAPI output to headphones with equaliser apo eq on the voicemeeter output for hesuvi virtual surround sound

I have tried searching online and have only become aware of ALSA but not how to implement the setup I have above and I'd rather it not go through port audio because I heard it messes with audio quality

I'm wondering where this extra stroke came from in the kanji for cicada that I have highlighted and would like an explanation since it doesn't match up with the kanji radicals on kanshudo

https://www.kanshudo.com/word/%E8%9D%89/1387080?oq=%E8%9D%89

I'm wondering where this extra stroke came from in the kanji for cicada that I have highlighted and would like an explanation since it doesn't match up with the kanji radicals on kanshudo

https://www.kanshudo.com/word/%E8%9D%89/1387080?oq=%E8%9D%89

Clarification Edit: for people who speak English natively and are learning a second language

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/XPz7fyo6XXepoDSW/?mibextid=oFDknk

I was looking around for the config_user file and couldn't find it in newer gaomon driver versions so i eventually uses sysinternals process monitor to find where the driver was writing to when i was calibration and i found

C:\Users\[yourusername]\AppData\Roaming\GAOMON\data\EKeySetting.dt was the file that contained the calibration data in newer driver versions

you will find the calibration data under ""CalibrateParam":[66282,1687,-33379612,-178,65592,-926506,65536]" and can search for this with your text editors find text function

this grid made by someone on reddit ages ago who i have forgotton the username of should help with calibrating that: https://imgur.com/99natFs

Factor 0 is the first number (66282) and it goes from there with the second number being factor 1 and the third number being factor 2 and so on

this is likely applicable to huion tablet users as well since huion and gaomon are the same company and seem to follow similar driver structures for both huion and gaomon drivers but folder paths for huion would be obviously slightly different