I want to try Linux.

[p0r0x]

What the title says is 100% what you get.

 

So I'm using Windows since I got born into this gorgeous digital world. And that is fine and I got used to it fast. Right now I'm sitting in front of my win10 machine and finished watching some LTT videos. Of cause.

So here is the part, why I did this post.

 

I want to try Linux. Especially Pop OS. For my PC build, you can have a look at my profile. (I have not figured out, how to put them below my post as a signature. )

 

There are some problems. I couldn't find any convenient video which shows how to install Linux and have windows installed at the same time. I want to choose the OS when I start my PC. Also, I want to install Pop OS onto my HDD, on a dedicated partition.

So if you guys can provide me with a step by step guide, I'd be very happy.

 

I hope you can understand my shenanigans. 
Stay safe.

[Electronics Wizardy]

Normally just shrink the partition in windows, then install linux in the new space you just freed up. 

 

Make a backup first too.

[p0r0x]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

Normally just shrink the partition in windows, then install linux in the new space you just freed up. 

 

Make a backup first too.

So just slam the pop os iso on a usb drive, change the boot device to the usb drive, install the os and I am ready to go? And how am I able to change the OS then? Do I have to enter the BIOS and change the partition I want to boot from? Is this even possible? 

Thanks for the fast reply.

[Rujdaga]

I tried Pop OS and i LOVED IT, there was just 1 problem, minecraft mouse sensitivity was weird, it was like "smooth slow mo" and i got back to windows. pop os is amazing man!

[p0r0x]

1 minute ago, Rujdaga said:

I tried Pop OS and i LOVED IT, there was just 1 problem, minecraft mouse sensitivity was weird, it was like "smooth slow mo" and i got back to windows. pop os is amazing man!

I want to try it too. I mean I dont play like trippleA games anyways. I only play games like League of Legends  And I think it can be a huge boost in simplicity, since windows offers sometimes just... too much (I HATE the microsoft store...)

[Rujdaga]

@p0r0x I love discovering new things, pop os is just amazing, i loved terminal and everything, you will have no issues playing league of legends, i think its minecraft's fault for that smooth slow sens. I love how it looks, how it operates, everything haha, i just cannot stop playing minecraft thats all... It was almost impossible to fight with that slow mo sens.

 

[Rujdaga]

@p0r0x also, customization is amazing, and it will not slow down after a few months like windows, and its very very hard to get viruses on linux

[Electronics Wizardy]

7 minutes ago, p0r0x said:

So just slam the pop os iso on a usb drive, change the boot device to the usb drive, install the os and I am ready to go? And how am I able to change the OS then? Do I have to enter the BIOS and change the partition I want to boot from? Is this even possible? 

Thanks for the fast reply.

When you dual boot, a boot loader is added that lets you pick your os at bootup.

[Rujdaga]

@p0r0x its easy to install linux, get a usb drive, insert it, download latest pop os from their official website, download etcher (portable version) and and select that file you downloaded as image and flash it onto the drive, its very easy, it can take round 10 mins

 

[svmlegacy]

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I want to try Linux.

Do it.

[p0r0x]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

When you dual boot, a boot loader is added that lets you pick your os at bootup.

so no need of a third party software? That is good news.

[Rujdaga]

seperate your hdd into 2 partitions, on 1 install popos and on another windows, and bootloader is added and u will understand how it works!

[Lipe123]

Before installing it, just run it directly from a USB drive and see how it works for you.

 

Then yes, just download a free partition too and shrink your partition. Honestly I'd rather just buy  a tiny 120gb ssd or something to install it on.

 

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, p0r0x said:

so no need of a third party software? That is good news.

Grub will do this and is included with your linux distro

[GoodBytes]

If you want to learn Linux, but remain in Windows. You have Windows Subsystem for Linux. Once enabled, you can install a variety of Linux distro, such as Ubuntu, and you can learn Linux from there. You have no GUI support, but you can find tutorials to setup xWindows Server in Windows, and pass through the GUI from WSL to it to display. Some programs will have issues, though, as they don't expect that behavior, but most will work. It must be noted, as of speaking, you don't have GPU acceleration in it. That is coming up in the next version of Windows 10, and GUI support might come with it as well.

 

I use WSL (WSL2 to be specific) at work, every day for software development.