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6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] dustyData@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Whatever you do. Don't dualboot. It gives a wrong impression of what Linux is, and complexity is not inherently a part of it. Try Mint as a live USB OS first. That means the OS runs from a USB thumb drive. This will allow you to dip your toes before you dive in. Just like dipping toes, it's a no-compromise way of testing, but if you choose to install you already have 90% of what you need.

[โ€“] WasteWizard@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Also it's soooo easy for someone not very knowledgeable to misconfigure the boot loader. Don't touch boot loaders unless you're okay with potentially losing access to both your original OS and the new Linux install. You'd then have to either learn on the go and repair it yourself, or beg/pay someone else to repair it.