Why not just download Ubuntu from the windows store?
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It's slow. When it's fast I'll use the hell out of it. I already use it for small situations.
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Im still on a Mac. I've been curious
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I think WSL (Ubuntu on Windows) is probably the endgame. Progress is swift so I predict success eventually.
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In the meantime, it works great as long as you're not doing something extremely IO constrained (watching FS sadly qualifies)
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For small and medium projects I use it like crazy. When hundreds or thousands of files are involved, not yet.
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Use UEFI, install Windows first, then install Linux. Most distros will automatically pick up Windows' UEFI partition/loader and set it up
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yep, works great for me. On some machines, I need to make sure the efi partition is selected in the installer (for the bootloader)
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For some reason, every time I attempt this, it fails for some reason. Generally too many steps.
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I'm surprised the Ubuntu installer doesn't "just work" - I use UEFI and already have Windows installed. I guess I'm also scared to brick
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The only times recently that ubuntu has left my system unbootable, reinstalling linux and selecting efi partition for bootloader fixed it.
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Two distinct SATA devices and the BIOS/UEFI boot device selector.
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So basically: install a second hard drive, use the normal BIOS to switch to the other one, the end?
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Yes. As bonus, it’s possible to set up VirtualBox such that the drive not booted on hardware can be booted in a VM.
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(I’ve only used a Linux drive so that it can boot both on metal and in VirtualBox on top of Windows. Dunno if reverse actually works.)
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basically, you have to install windows first, then install linux second and every once in a while windows will wreck it
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No need for that, this is old wisdom. My SSHD had macOS/Arch on MacBook, now is same-Arch/Windows on a PC. Use rEFInd.
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"old wisdom" is my lived experience over the last year :)
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haha ok, it sounded as the old grub advice, because grub can handle windows while windows boot manager can't handle Linux.
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That's what he said. Basically, one must be very careful to not have Windows overwrite the MBR.
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There's no need to be careful, if Windows mess it (I don't recall if that was the case), you just overwrite it with rEFInd again.
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The reason I say there's a bad need to be careful is that nor Windows or Linux installation will mess each other partitions.
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Also, prefer GPT to MBR if possible.
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