The dual-boot installation process is fairly simple with a modern Linux distribution. It’s just like installing a Linux distribution normally—you should see an easy option to select.

A review of what EFI boot (UEFI firmware) is, how it works, how it interacts with Linux installations, and a few tips and personal experiences on how to configure and maintain it.

Windows will not detect Linux at install, nor will it install a menu option for booting into Linux. We can see that the best (and easiest) way to fix the boot loader problem is to load Linux after ...

Unless your computer is pretty old, it probably uses UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) to boot. The idea is that a bootloader picks up files from an EFI partition and uses them to start … ...

You could boot into Linux, use it for whatever you need, and then reboot the computer, select Windows, and use whatever apps you need (if the tools aren't available for Linux).

With Windows 10 going away soon, many of us are considering jumping ship to Linux. Thankfully, you don't have to ditch Windows entirely to start using Linux; running two OSes is easier than you think.

Linux desktop enthusiasts have been booting their operating systems of choice on computers designed for Windows for years now. Windows 8, however, poses some unique challenges because systems with ...