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    Installation of Linux OS with Windows 8

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      Lakshmana
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      How to install the Linux OS with the Windows 8?Whether any issues comes while doing installation of the OS.How much space is to be given for the installation of Linux OS?

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        scottalanmiller
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        You'll have to be more specific here as to what "with" means. Do you mean dual booting, where both are installed but to different partitions and you choose to boot either one or the other?

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          Lakshmana @scottalanmiller
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          @scottalanmillerWhether the Windows needs to be installed first or the Linux needs to be installed.In my device already Windows 8 is installed I need to install Linux OS .How much hard disk space has to be given for the system(linuX)

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            scottalanmiller @Lakshmana
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            @Lakshmana said:

            @scottalanmiller Dual Booting process of Windows and Linux and different partition will be done for the Linux installation

            No worries there. It is truly two separate computers when you do that. There is no interaction between the two operating systems.

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              Reid Cooper
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              Dual booting is very safe. Just make sure that you install to completely different partitions instead of installing to the same one.

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                Reid Cooper
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                Why dual boot rather than virtualization?

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                  Lakshmana @Reid Cooper
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                  @Reid-Cooper I need to test my laptop how to have dual booting OS and needs to observe the performance of system by this method

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                    A Former User @Lakshmana
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                    @Lakshmana said:

                    @Reid-Cooper I need to test my laptop how to have dual booting OS and needs to observe the performance of system by this method

                    What kind of "testing" is that? Why do you need to know? if it's just a test why go through the trouble just install one OS test it then install the other if it's just for a test.

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                      Lakshmana @A Former User
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                      @thecreativeone91 Whether Linux has to installed first for dual booting or Windows have installed first for dual booting.Just testing myself with the laptop

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                        scottalanmiller @Lakshmana
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                        @Lakshmana said:

                        @thecreativeone91 Whether Linux has to installed first for dual booting or Windows have installed first for dual booting.Just testing myself with the laptop

                        Neither HAS to be installed first. But generally you do Windows first because Windows is the weaker of the two and Linux, generally, has built in tools to handle tons of stuff that Windows cannot. So by installing Linux second it can detect the Windows installation and handle the dual booting for you.

                        Remember, Linux is not an OS so the question as to "how" to do this can't be answered unless we know which Linux you are considering.

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                          thanksajdotcom @scottalanmiller
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                          @scottalanmiller said:

                          @Lakshmana said:

                          @thecreativeone91 Whether Linux has to installed first for dual booting or Windows have installed first for dual booting.Just testing myself with the laptop

                          Neither HAS to be installed first. But generally you do Windows first because Windows is the weaker of the two and Linux, generally, has built in tools to handle tons of stuff that Windows cannot. So by installing Linux second it can detect the Windows installation and handle the dual booting for you.

                          Remember, Linux is not an OS so the question as to "how" to do this can't be answered unless we know which Linux you are considering.

                          Yeah, it's much easier to do Windows and then Linux than Linux and then Windows. I agree with others that there is no benefit to what you're doing. Performance will be the same if it just one or the other installed, because you're just running one OS at a time.

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                            scottalanmiller
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                            Well not exactly, if he wants to test the difference in performance between Windows and some Linux distro, he would need to do this.

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                              thanksajdotcom @scottalanmiller
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                              @scottalanmiller said:

                              Well not exactly, if he wants to test the difference in performance between Windows and some Linux distro, he would need to do this.

                              Yeah, but I'm saying it's not like you're running one inside the other, like you would with a hypervisor like Virtualbox.

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                                scottalanmiller @thanksajdotcom
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                                @thanksajdotcom said:

                                @scottalanmiller said:

                                Well not exactly, if he wants to test the difference in performance between Windows and some Linux distro, he would need to do this.

                                Yeah, but I'm saying it's not like you're running one inside the other, like you would with a hypervisor like Virtualbox.

                                But if he is testing OS performance, this is how you do it.

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                                  tonyshowoff @scottalanmiller
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                                  @scottalanmiller said:

                                  Remember, Linux is not an OS so the question as to "how" to do this can't be answered unless we know which Linux you are considering.

                                  At least you (or him primarily) didn't say GNU/Linux, I'd have puked all over myself

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