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Best way to dual boot laptop - Linux and Windows (lemmy.world)
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I'm looking to install Linux on our home laptop and see if I can convince my wife to migrate off Windows. Since I'm not sure there won't be times we need or want to boot back into Windows, I want to set it up so we can dual boot. The laptop only has a spot for one drive however so I can't use two drives and chose them with the bios. I know in the past Windows has been problematic with dual boot setups on a single drive, corrupting the boot drive following updates and what-not. I'd really like to avoid that if possible.

Any suggestions on how best to go about it, or something I should at least avoid because it's known to be problematic?

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[–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

It's an i7-4700MQ. Definitely still a decent CPU and with 12GB of ram more than adequate. Not sure I'll get touchscreen support with Linux, but I usually forget it's a touchscreen anyway.

Thanks for the VM tip. I used VirtualBox in the past but not heard anything good about it lately.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Not sure I’ll get touchscreen support with Linux, but I usually forget it’s a touchscreen anyway.

    Depends what laptop it is, you might actually get native touchscreen support. Linux has come a long way, it supports quite a lot these days.

    Thanks for the VM tip. I used VirtualBox in the past but not heard anything good about it lately.

    Yeah, unfortunately VirtualBox is owned by Oracle, and Oracle is an objectively horrible company.

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