Dual Boot Windows 11 + Linux or just Windows 11/Linux?

Rad25 · Saturday at 2:26 AM

Dual Boot Windows 11 + Linux or just Windows 11 or just Linux?

zbook · Saturday at 3:06 AM

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What are the steps to dual-boot Windows and Linux®?
To dual-boot Windows and Linux®, you'll need to follow these general steps:

Create a partition on your hard drive for the Linux® installation.
Download the Linux® distribution of your choice and create a bootable universal serial bus (USB) drive or digital video disc (DVD).
Restart your computer and boot from the Linux® installation media.
Follow the installation prompts, selecting the previously created partition for the Linux® installation.
Install the bootloader (usually grand unified bootloader (GRUB)) to manage the dual-boot process.
Complete the Linux® installation and restart your computer.
Upon restarting, you'll be presented with a bootloader menu where you can choose between Windows and Linux®.

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SlicEnDicE · Saturday at 3:10 AM

Hi there and welcome to the forums.

This is a question only you can answer really.

1. if you need Windows 11 then install Windows 11
2. if you need Linux, then install Linux.
3. if you need both, then you have multiple options
3.1 Install Windows, then install WSL
3.2 Install Windows, then install Linux as a VM
3.3 Install Linux, then install Windows as a VM
3.4 Dual boot Windows and Linux
3.5 Install Windows on one computer and Linux on another and then share all files either over LAN directly or have a NAS where both computers have access to shared files or use cloud storage.

Everything really is up to your personal requirements. All the options mentioned has their pros and cons.

Rad25 · Saturday at 3:24 AM

Dual Boot Windows 11 + Linux on the same NVMe SSD or seperate (two NVMe's)?

XxXxX · Saturday at 4:16 AM

i use Linux as my daily driver but have Windows 11 24H2 in VM (Gnome Boxes)
that works for me. there are 5 computers in the house 4 of them run Windows
and only 1, my system, runs Linux. it really is a choice only you can make.

best of luck, Steve ..

SlicEnDicE · Saturday at 5:13 AM

Rad25 said:
Dual Boot Windows 11 + Linux on the same NVMe SSD or seperate (two NVMe's)?

I would separate Windows and Linux on separate physical drives, but both on same drive is fine too if you have enough space to do so.

cereberus · Saturday at 7:08 AM

Rad25 said:
Dual Boot Windows 11 + Linux or just Windows 11 or just Linux?

Yes.

Rad25 · Saturday at 11:11 PM

Kubuntu or Linux Mint?

idgat · Saturday at 11:28 PM

Windows 11, with Oracle VirtualBox (freeware) and Linux installed in VirtualBox.

No dual boot required (troubleshooting too complicated for the inexperienced, if something goes wrong)

Rad25 · 2025-04-06T01:37:44-0400

Linux Mint Cinnamon or Xfce?

johnp · 2025-04-06T02:05:54-0400

Rad25 said:
Dual Boot Windows 11 + Linux on the same NVMe SSD or seperate (two NVMe's)?

The most convenient option, is on two SSDs.

SlicEnDicE · 2025-04-06T02:22:17-0400

I personally run Linux Mint Cinnamon, but Arch and Manjaro are very good too. Mint is the most convenient, while Arch is a lot harder to setup and a lot can go wrong. Once working it is a bit snappier though.

Rad25 · 2025-04-06T05:38:32-0400

I can't be without my Primary Windows 11 because all games and software. Dual Boot is the only option.

idgat · 2025-04-06T07:46:12-0400

Rad25 said:
Dual Boot is the only option.

No it's not. Virtual is also an option

SlicEnDicE · 2025-04-06T07:55:30-0400

Rad25 said:
I can't be without my Primary Windows 11 because all games and software. Dual Boot is the only option.

You really need to explain to us what you need Linux for. Until then we can't really help further. There are a multitude of options to choose from.

Rad25 · 2025-04-06T20:41:10-0400

idgat said:
No it's not. Virtual is also an option

I need Linux for gaming and use my AMD Radeon RX 9070 not Virtual GPU.

I have Windows 11 VM in VirtualBox for testing apps etc. and i don't need Linux VM because i need real GPU not Virtual in Linux.

I also don't like GPU Passthrough in KVM in Linux because less RAM, No CPU Temperature, CPU Power because it's Virtual CPU. Maybe KVM without GPU Passthrough. VM is for testing not gaming.

gmcgee78 · 2025-04-06T22:42:36-0400

I have Windows 11 with Virtualbox. I have several Linux distros in VMs and it works very well. Linux Mint Cinnamon is my favorite.

cineman195 · 2025-04-06T22:48:53-0400

Rad25 said:
Kubuntu or Linux Mint?

Linux Mint is way better than any Ubuntu derivative, most drivers are available and can run mostly OOB.

cineman195 · 2025-04-06T22:49:33-0400

Rad25 said:
Linux Mint Cinnamon or Xfce?

Cinnamon

SlicEnDicE · 2025-04-06T22:56:04-0400

Rad25 said:
I need Linux for gaming and use my AMD

This makes absolutely no sense. Unless you're only playing Linux specific games. In all other cases, you're most likely leaving 20% of performace on the table, and games with kernel level anticheat won't even run on Linux.

For gaming, prefer Windows, because most games are compiled for Windows and Windows only. For everything else, you can get along with Linux.

A handful of gaming titles, runs better on Linux however, but those are very few.

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