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If you're new to [Linux], this is a really good way to get used to it. See also PartitioningSuggestions.
Loading Linux off a live CD ([KnoppixLinux] etc) isn't technically dual booting.
-New Linux distributions like RedHatLinux
and [Mandriva] make this really easy - some
to the point of even resizing
your MicrosoftWindows [Partition] for you to make space for a [Linux] partition - however
, if nothing else, they will
install their BootLoader in such a way that it can chain the Windows bootloader and give you a menu asking which operating system you'd like to start in.
+New Linux distributions like [Ubuntu] Hoary
and [Mandriva] make this really easy - both will allow you
to resize
your MicrosoftWindows [Partition] for you to make space for a [Linux] partition. Almost all distributions will at least
, if nothing else, install their BootLoader in such a way that it can chain the Windows bootloader and give you a menu asking which operating system you'd like to start in.
After a while of dual booting, you'll find the default changes from "Windows" to "Linux", and that you never actually use your Windows setup unless you play games. :) (Gaming is the primary reason a lot of people keep their system DualBooting; however see GamingOnLinux or buy a console already.)
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[1] normally two, hence 'dual', though this practise refers to any number greater than one.
