Lee Hntinka- Can we have both Linux and Windows on the same computer?

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Lee Hntinka- Can we have both Linux and Windows on the same computer?

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Hi Guys,

It is Lee Hnetinka, Can we have both Linux and Windows on the same computer?
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Yes, but Microsoft makes it progressively harder to achieve.
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Alexiy wrote: Mon Aug 13, 2018 6:57 am Yes, but Microsoft makes it progressively harder to achieve.
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@ ShuiLeeHnetinka, .......
ShuiLeeHnetinka wrote:.
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It depends.

If Win 10 and LM are to be installed on the same internal hard-drive of a computer, it's not advisable because Win 10 Home's forced auto-upgrades twice-per-year will bork the Linux Grub bootloader, requiring a manual reinstall of Grub.
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