What is the best way for me to have Linux on my laptop?

[shades9323]

Yes. Ubuntu setup is similar to Windows. It has partitioning, set up account, etc.

Ok. I'll give that a shot this weekend.

Thanks

 

[MrMarcDee]

Hmm. Your posts are a little ambiguous to me so I just want to clarify. I hope you have already partitioned your drive into two partitions *before* you installed windows. Maybe I missed something, just trying to make sure you aren't messing something up

Marc

 

[MindoverMaster]

With Gparted, you can shrink partitions to add on a new one.

 

[MrMarcDee]

With Gparted, you can shrink partitions to add on a new one.

I would not rely on that. It is risky business shrinking a partition, especially an NTFS partition with gparted.

 

[MindoverMaster]

Forgot about this thread. Mak uses Gparted to his heart. It is not risky at all. Window's format, now that is risky..

 

[TieFighter]

Forgot about this thread. Mak uses Gparted to his heart. It is not risky at all. Window's format, now that is risky..

I wholly agree with MindoverMaster here. Ubuntu's disk partitioning tools are much more reliable and thorough than Windows.

 

[MindoverMaster]

I know Trotter uses it, too. Look at my quote on the bottom of my sig.

 

[KSoD]

I would not rely on that. It is risky business shrinking a partition, especially an NTFS partition with gparted.

I would. As i have been doing it for at least 7 years this way. Never lost a single partition table using GParted. I trust in it so much i recommend it to all and even wrote up a full guide with pictures.

http://www.techist.com/forums/f127/gparted-usage-tutorial-224994/

Who ever told you that it was risky business using Gparted to shrink a NTFS partition using GParted certainly didnt use it properly or fully test it out on multiple machines with multiple people. I have yet to find someone who couldnt use this guide to shrink a partition and still have it be used.

 

[Jayce]

Not a day goes by where I don't use GParted at work. Can't say it's ever failed me in the last few years I've been using it.

 

[kmote]

If I know in advance that I am going to need to install more than one OS then it makes sense to partition the drive before installing the first one. If the first one is already installed then there is only one option remaining - shrink a partition.