Dual booting should not be a problem. I just recently created a dual boot of Windows 11 and Ubuntu 22.04 without any issue. If you want to do the dual boot, I would suggest installing Windows first or if the laptop came with Windows, then you will need to resize the Windows partition to give room to install Linux. Most Linux distributions today should be able to handle that type of install.
Although I like the idea of running Linux and just make Windows a VM, that way you could still remotely access their system via Linux, while they play in Windows. I actually did something similar almost 20 years ago for my mother-in-law, since I did not want to keep running over to her place to fix her computer. On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 7:26 AM Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote: > > I have not used Windows since WinXP and Debian Stretch were current. > A couple I know (Retired Pastor and his wife) have a Windows computer > with a years long history of problems. As part of my support for their > missionary work, I intend to replace the hardware with a refurbished laptop. > > It must run Windows as that is what they know and some software provided > by the missions agency is designed for Windows. It *will* dual boot > Linux to make my life simpler and allow testing some ideas that should > eventually make their life simpler. > > *MY QUESTION* > What should I be reading to install Debian along side Windows that will > likely have UEFI and possibly Secure Boot? The last time I dual booted > Linux/Windows it was on a legacy BIOS system. > > TIA > > -- Cheers, Jeff
