Dual boot? How many?

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Guys, thinking of dual booting Win 8.1 and a Linux Distro.

How many of you do this? Easy? Which Distro do you use? Thanks
 
Windows and Mint here. Install windows first and then when installing Linux it will usually give you the chance to repartition the drive and install it.
 
I dual boot Archlinux + Windows7
Both on GPT disk using UEFI

Only dualboot for gaming really :(
Use linux the majority of the time

I found it easy, the hardest part was editing the UEFI on the GPT partition to get my mobo to recognize it.
I'm using grub as boot manager.
 
I virtualise. If I was gaming I would probably dual boot for ARMA, as that's about all I play that 'needs' Windows. Everything else I buy I try and make sure it runs on Linux natively, so lots of Source stuff. As it is, my laptop has enough grunt to virtualise Windows, FreeBSD and a couple of other Distros without problems. Windows I only launch to run Exact Audio Copy as I like my rips done proper and EAC offers superior ripping to cdparanoia.

My Xubuntu 14.01.1.
 
I currently have a spare 60GB SSD that isn't being used and I want to use it to install Linux onto it, how would you recommend I go about doing that on my current system without affecting my other SSDs/HDDs?
 
Varsh said:
I currently have a spare 60GB SSD that isn't being used and I want to use it to install Linux onto it, how would you recommend I go about doing that on my current system without affecting my other SSDs/HDDs?
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I disconnect all drivers and just leave the drive l want to install to.
 
Yeah but surely if you fav/best program is running fine under Wine, it is worth the install regardless of personal opinion?
I would prefer the least hassle.
 
stopper said:
Yeah but surely if you fav/best program is running fine under Wine, it is worth the install regardless of personal opinion?
I would prefer the least hassle.
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Virtualisation offers the least hassle. I know that if I install a program in a virt box that it's going to work exactly as it would under the guest. Instead of spending any time whatsoever having to hunt down obscure fixes for some piece of software to run under WINE. EAC might work grand under Windows... but if I want to install something else, I absolutely, positively do not want to be messing around with WINE. It's a hateful piece of software when it's working and it's the spawn of satan when it doesn't.
 
OhEsEcks said:
Virtualisation offers the least hassle. I know that if I install a program in a virt box that it's going to work exactly as it would under the guest. Instead of spending any time whatsoever having to hunt down obscure fixes for some piece of software to run under WINE. EAC might work grand under Windows... but if I want to install something else, I absolutely, positively do not want to be messing around with WINE. It's a hateful piece of software when it's working and it's the spawn of satan when it doesn't.
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When WINE works (And it's great for some games/apps, terrible for others) you'll get much better performance than you ever will with virtualization*

WINE is preferable but it sometimes does not work. Some games work flawlessly with it.

*unless your CPU supports VT-d (if you have a 'k' intel chip, it doesn't) and your motherboard supports it properly.. and you have two GPUs...
 
Windows 7 and various ditro's, sometimes Mint, sometimes Ubuntu, depends.

To be honest though, VM players like VMware Player, Virtual Box, WINE and so on, I don't really see the need for dual booting any-more as much. Creating VM's is much more easy and fun IMO. I guess if you're gaming though, you kinda need to dual boot really.

Make sure you use GRUB as your boot manager and I recommend having a Windows partition first.
 
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