I'm Thinking About Putting Linux on My Laptop

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I had my first computer science class today so I got familiarized with the OS having never used Linux before, and I enjoyed it. This will also allow me to do my work without going to one of the computer labs, which is a long ass walk down hill.

I'd like to keep my old OS too; I'm currently running windows 10.

Any tips or tricks?


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I think you can download an emulator for certain OS', but I'm not sure what specifically supports across platform. It makes it easy to instantaneously switch, if, for example, you're in an emergency and need to play Zoombinis on a Mac.


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ayy lmao
Since you're a beginner, you're definitely gonna wanna start with arch, or maybe even gentoo if you're feeling particularly fat and greasy.


 
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ayy lmao
Since you're a beginner, you're definitely gonna wanna start with arch, or maybe even gentoo if you're feeling particularly fat and greasy.
You're forgetting, you need to use a tiling WM with an minimal anime background.
i dont actually have x installed. it's bloat imo, i just use the tty


 
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Can't you partition your hard drive and then just have 2 operating systems


 
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ayy lmao
Can't you partition your hard drive and then just have 2 operating systems
Yeah but Windows 10 has this thing where it force boots directly into it which you can then access your Linux OS. At least that's what it did to me on my other laptop. But that might just be because my laptop has UEFI instead of a BIOS
you're wrong tho


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ayy lmao
Don't.
lol this retard, go away and suck a dick or something dude


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Don't.
Any reason? I should add that I'm not planning on doing this right away; I'm going to wait until I have a bit more experience with the OS first.


 
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ayy lmao
Can't you partition your hard drive and then just have 2 operating systems
Yeah but Windows 10 has this thing where it force boots directly into it which you can then access your Linux OS. At least that's what it did to me on my other laptop. But that might just be because my laptop has UEFI instead of a BIOS
you're wrong tho
I didn't say I was right. I'm just saying on my laptop Windows 10 will now allow dual booting.
turn off secure boot in bios

Don't.
Any reason? I should add that I'm not planning on doing this right away; I'm going to wait until I have a bit more experience with the OS first.
you don't need more experience to install it. a 3 year old could do it.


 
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ayy lmao
Can't you partition your hard drive and then just have 2 operating systems
Yeah but Windows 10 has this thing where it force boots directly into it which you can then access your Linux OS. At least that's what it did to me on my other laptop. But that might just be because my laptop has UEFI instead of a BIOS
you're wrong tho
I didn't say I was right. I'm just saying on my laptop Windows 10 will now allow dual booting.
turn off secure boot in bios
Done it. Dude believe me I've tried everything.
idk then. my machine boots to grub


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You can dual run the OS's and switch back and forth between them. I'm not sure what kind of computer you have, but I would recommend putting the Linux on an external hard drive. I actually put it on a Usb flash drive when I had it on my Chromebook laptop.

Edit: there is also an ubuntu forum that was really helpful to me.
Last Edit: September 10, 2015, 03:47:07 PM by Kitsunekun


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does this stuff even work?
Have you tried dual booting?


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Have you tried dual booting?
Not yet, I tried out booting Ubuntu from a flash drive today. I'm thinking that I will try to do it with dual booting over the weekend.


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Go with beginners distros like Ubuntu and Mint then move onto more complex and specialized distros. 


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does this stuff even work?
Go with beginners distros like Ubuntu and Mint then move onto more complex and specialized distros.

Those are the only ones i ever messed with.


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ayy lmao
Go with beginners distros like Ubuntu and Mint then move onto more complex and specialized distros.
there's no reason to do that, though, unless you're a hobbyist. there's literally no reason to force yourself into that time sink unless you enjoy it.