I want to install ubuntu to take advantage of multiprocessing (which doesn’t work on Windows). Is there any reason to get rid of my Windows entirely or can I just keep it ?
In my experience duel booting with Windows 10 can be stressful at times. If you can live with some of the headaches I can’t see why not. The main headache I had was if I switched to windows I’d need to boot twice. Otherwise it should run just fine. Just give your Ubuntu system enough space (20-30 gb)
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But then no problems regarding installs/cuda stuff/ etc ? I don’t mind booting twice ^^
Nope. It runs as though Ubuntu is your main system. This is because they’ll use and grab from completely different areas of your hard drive (Windows and Ubuntu)
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I used to dual boot with separate harddrives. I would run into the 2x boot problems or windows would not wake correctly from sleep/hibernation, which would then require a long reboot. Eventually, I let Ubuntu run by itself and I just turn that machine on as needed when I want to program. It runs headless (no monitor) in another room and I just remote into it, using VsCode at the moment to do so.
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No problem for me, with Ubuntu and Windows on separate partitions of the same drive.
A boot menu comes up where you can choose Ubuntu or Windows. I’ve never heard of the “boot twice” issue.
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