How do i Dual Boot Linux and Windows?

[HeXen]

Just cause some of you are too lazy to press "reboot" doesnt mean all of us are.
All i plan to do in Windows is 1 thing and 1 thing only...play games. If i plan to play a game, thats all i'm going to do for the next 2-4 hours, so its not like i'm constantly switching back n forth as if i was multi tasking and i certainly dont do video editing or browse the web while playing a game but thats just me though.

Yes, I'm very serious. The problem isn't bootup time, it's the time it takes to restart all of my apps. I leave virtually everything running all of the time so a reboot is a major annoyance.

Driving to work is actually less annoying than rebooting for me and today I'm not even driving to work.

hey wait a sec, who's asking the question here, you or me? I am NOT you, i dont leave anything running. i shut down my PC when i'm done, doesnt bother me at all, saves the energy bill at least. But glad we concluded that you will not, can not reboot despite its off topic to my question. srry if i sound like an as5, i just have a thing against people pushing their preferences on other people.

 

[VinDSL]

I start my computer once a day. Who gives a shit?

Nobody, I'm sure!

Start it as much as you want...

 

[VinDSL]

i shut down my PC when i'm done, doesnt bother me at all, saves the energy bill at least.[...]

Amen!

Basically, I treat my desktop computers like a TV. Server(s) aside, I don't leave them running 24/7.

That said, some ppl consider turning off their machines an act of heresy. They only do so when moving or repairing them.

Different strokes...

 

[KeypoX]

I'd wager that being held hostage to the 'Winders Game Machine' may soon be a thing of the past...

Source: Direct3D 10/11 Now Natively Coming To Linux (Google News Search)

Take your pick!

Heh! It's ironic that Windows XP is still denied DX10/11, but Linux will have it. 😉

I will believe that when i see it.

 

[Modelworks]

I'd wager that being held hostage to the 'Winders Game Machine' may soon be a thing of the past...

Source: Direct3D 10/11 Now Natively Coming To Linux (Google News Search)

Windows gaming done easily on linux has been the rumor for 10 years. First it was wine, then cedega and now 'we have 'd3d 11!' . Nobody outside of linux users really cares. Even if you could run windows games out of the box most users wouldn't switch, linux has its own pitfalls not related to games. Windows is too complex for most users to keep running reliably without lots of tech support and you want them to run linux ? Linux doesn't have much in the way of virus or malware, put those windows users on it and that will change.

 

[Nothinman]

hey wait a sec, who's asking the question here, you or me? I am NOT you, i dont leave anything running. i shut down my PC when i'm done, doesnt bother me at all, saves the energy bill at least. But glad we concluded that you will not, can not reboot despite its off topic to my question. srry if i sound like an as5, i just have a thing against people pushing their preferences on other people.

If you're ok with it, then go for it. But I'll never understand why people waste time like that.

I start my computer once a day. Who gives a shit?

I boot mine once every few months and only when I'm changing something related to my kernel, daily would be really frustrating. And if you're rebooting into Windows for games you'll likely be rebooting 2, 3 or 4 times a day which would be even more annoying.

Windows gaming done easily on linux has been the rumor for 10 years. First it was wine, then cedega and now 'we have 'd3d 11!' . Nobody outside of linux users really cares.

Linux users are interested in gaming on Linux? No shit.

 

[HeXen]

Windows is too complex for most users to keep running reliably without lots of tech support and you want them to run linux ? Linux doesn't have much in the way of virus or malware, put those windows users on it and that will change.

agree, if Linux got that popular, We'd require AV software, i dont think the community would beable to keep up with security patches very well without bogging the OS to a crawl or break something else first.
But i do find it more reliable and less prone to sluggish behavior than windows. Majority of user issues with Windows is downloading free stuff all the time.

 

[Nothinman]

agree, if Linux got that popular, We'd require AV software, i dont think the community would beable to keep up with security patches very well without bogging the OS to a crawl or break something else first.
But i do find it more reliable and less prone to sluggish behavior than windows. Majority of user issues with Windows is downloading free stuff all the time.

Somewhat yes, lots of stupid users will blindly enter their password, CC#, SS#, etc into whatever dialog asks for them and that can't be fixed by software. But with Linux's central package management for all apps means patches for more apps are more easily applied and IME Linux patches tend to break less things so people are less scared about applying them. And since the OS is free users don't have to decide whether it's worth a few hundred bucks to run the latest release, they just have to find the time to do the upgrade.

 

[Gooberlx2]

The easiest way in use is to install Win7, and then install Linux. Linux will take care of Win7 through GRUB, and you shouldn't have to do anything.

IIRC, there are sleep/hibernation issues for Windows when its bootloader isn't being used in the MBR, or active partition or something. I use BCDedit on my laptop to configure the windows bootloader to point to my /boot partition instead.