Anarch157a to [email protected] • 1 year agoThe year of Linux on the desktop is closer. Linux reaches 3% of desktopsweb.archive.orgmessage-square173arrow-up1965arrow-down120cross-posted to: linux
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minus-square@Lazylazycatlink2•1 year agoSorry if this is dumb, but does booting to Linux overwrite the current operating system, or can you just choose to boot to one or the other?
minus-squaredpfluglinkfedilink2•1 year ago@Lazylazycat You can do what’s called “dual boot” where both (or even more than 2) OSes are available and you pick which to use at boot. @Anarch157a
minus-square∟⊔⊤∦∣≶linkfedilink3•1 year agoThis is a trap. I dual booted and just never went back to windows. Wasted disk space for years
minus-squaredpfluglinkfedilink1•1 year ago@luthis I used it for gaming for years, but eventually I realized I was never switching back. I’d found games that ran native.
minus-squaremrXYZlinkfedilink2•1 year ago@Lazylazycat @Anarch157a Dual booting is an option If you go with Ubuntu (best starting distro in my opinion) you will be able to install Linux alongside windows but there is a need for repartioning the drive. Tutorial: https://itsfoss.com/install-ubuntu-1404-dual-boot-mode-windows-8-81-uefi/
Sorry if this is dumb, but does booting to Linux overwrite the current operating system, or can you just choose to boot to one or the other?
No , it doesnt touch your boot drive
@Lazylazycat
You can do what’s called “dual boot” where both (or even more than 2) OSes are available and you pick which to use at boot.
@Anarch157a
This is a trap. I dual booted and just never went back to windows. Wasted disk space for years
Pahaha I could see this happening to me.
@luthis
I used it for gaming for years, but eventually I realized I was never switching back. I’d found games that ran native.
Cool, thank you!
@Lazylazycat @Anarch157a
Dual booting is an option
If you go with Ubuntu (best starting distro in my opinion) you will be able to install Linux alongside windows but there is a need for repartioning the drive.
Tutorial:
https://itsfoss.com/install-ubuntu-1404-dual-boot-mode-windows-8-81-uefi/
Thanks, I’ll look into this.