How can I use Linux with my Windows?
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How can I use Linux with my Windows?
I wanna try out Linux Mint but I don't know how to get it on my computer WITH Windows. I don't want anything 2 interfere with each other. Can you all help me out?
- xxsonyboy4lfexx
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Most Linux distros now days make it really easy to work with Windows. I don't really have much experience with Linux Mint though.
I have successfully installed Ubuntu, openSUSE, and Xandros without damaging Linux though.
Back everything up just to be sure though.
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Burn the ISO, make a new partition of 10GB or so and leave it raw and install it there or, you can probably run it from CD as a Live CD, this way you're not installing anything on the HD but I couldn't tell if this is possible with this distro, you'll have to try it out. Let us know.
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- augie
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xxsonyboy4lfexx wrote:How do I make a new partition? Can make it more like 50GB?
You can make it any size you want really, I just used 10GB as a safe minimum size, you could probably get by with five GB. Someone else will have to explain the gparted tool or you can read up on it.
If this is your first try with Linux, I would seriously try a LiveCD first just to see what it's all about and then decide if you want to go through the trouble of partitioning. Here's how my drives are partitioned just for an example. Note the area with the green line above it, this is what you install to so the OS installs its own directories which is a pain to set up when one doesn't know how.
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- augie
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Most Linux distros come with software that will automatically do it for you. Linux Mint appears to be based on Ubuntu, so if it's anything like Ubuntu it will have an easy resizing tool. They also give you the option to manually resize partitions as well.
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