Setup windows and linux on the same drive
It's not an Ubuntu-exclusive feature; in fact, I probably installed Linux that way most of the times. Granted, they were mostly Debian derivatives, with a few RH-like exceptions. I prefer to avoid it these days, but, for example, my laptop is dual booting Win10 and Linux Mint from the same drive: I shrank the OS partition, then installed Mint to the unused space and let it set up GRUB to give me the choice every time.
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I believe Windows 10 and later are smarter about installing themselves alongside Linux too, but I never tried: I stick to the old advice, namely, make a partition, install Windows to it,聽then聽install Linux. The installer will tell you whether in needs to nuke Windows anyway, just make sure to choose carefully the install type option and don't confirm any deletion you are not sure of.
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