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?

  • ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    8 days ago

    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.

    • Lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      8 days 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.