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I want to play around with linux and learn a bit about programming so i was thinking that i would install linux to my laptop.  It is an acer V3 15.6" with a single 750 gb HDD, an ivy bridge dual core i5 and a nvidia gt630m.  I was wondering is it possible to have windows 8 and Linux installed on the one HDD and if so how?  I have tried looking for a walkthrough online but cannot find one that suits my needs.  Also what distro would be the best for me. 

 

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Ubuntu has a great windows install tool called wubi.  You can get it here.  I like linux mint personally.  Its also pretty easy to install.  Just get the iso and use something like pen drive usb installer to make a bootable usb drive.  Then just load up linux from usb and install from there.

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@Kuzma would be a good person to ask about this since he is a programmer with OSX, windows, and Linux off of his MacBook.

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Thanks for the replies guys.  Might try to use linux mint it looks nice.

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I really like Fedora and Xbuntu, but Linux mint is a really good choice too. Fedora is my go-to distro and Xbuntu is Ubuntu with XFCE desktop (kind of looks like an Apple desktop). 

 

I'd say give them all a shot. They can all be bootable from a USB drive, so you can try out the OS without installing anything to your hard drive. 

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@Kuzma would be a good person to ask about this since he is a programmer with OSX, windows, and Linux off of his MacBook.

I want to play around with linux and learn a bit about programming so i was thinking that i would install linux to my laptop.  It is an acer V3 15.6" with a single 750 gb HDD, an ivy bridge dual core i5 and a nvidia gt630m.  I was wondering is it possible to have windows 8 and Linux installed on the one HDD and if so how?  I have tried looking for a walkthrough online but cannot find one that suits my needs.  Also what distro would be the best for me. 

 

As Emperor_Piehead said I have Ubuntu, OS X and Windows 7 all running from the same hard drive ^_^ you should be fine. I do highly recommend Ubuntu personally since it's my distro of choice but as said above Mint is the most windows-like distro of them all but if you really want a linux feel while still having a user-friendly environment :D then Ubuntu has to be the one for you.

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