Anarch157a@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoThe year of Linux on the desktop is closer. Linux reaches 3% of desktopsweb.archive.orgexternal-linkmessage-square187fedilinkarrow-up1914arrow-down118cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1896arrow-down1external-linkThe year of Linux on the desktop is closer. Linux reaches 3% of desktopsweb.archive.orgAnarch157a@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square187fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareLazylazycat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 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-squaredpflug@hachyderm.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 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∟⊔⊤∦∣≶@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoThis is a trap. I dual booted and just never went back to windows. Wasted disk space for years
minus-squareLazylazycat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoPahaha I could see this happening to me.
minus-squaredpflug@hachyderm.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 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-squaremrXYZ@mas.tolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 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.