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How do I dual boot?

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You can use something called Grub to dual boot into Linux and Windows, but I'm not sure if it can do 2 versions of Linux.

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23 minutes ago, kelvinhall05 said:

You can use something called Grub to dual boot into Linux and Windows, but I'm not sure if it can do 2 versions of Linux.

it can do as many operating systems as you can do partitions and then you can do also do multiple linux kernels on one installation too.

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40 minutes ago, Okjoek said:

I'm interested in learning how to do this so I can try a Linux distro like Ubuntu. What steps must I take?

ubuntu and other popular distributions should detect other operating systems and automatically add them to grub. You shouldnt have to do anything special except backup your stuff before installation in case you mess up

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heres the arch wiki if you like to do some reading https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dual_boot_with_Windows

for lighter reading here are the debian wiki articles 

https://wiki.debian.org/WindowsDualBoot

https://wiki.debian.org/DualBoot/Windows10

 

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yeah its usually as easy as installing windows, then installing linux alongside as linux will add windows to GRUB (that's included with linux) so when u turn the PC on ittl boot into GRUB and let u choose what u wanna boot. The super easy way is to just install different OS's on different physical drives, and use your boot select menu to choose.

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