Installation alongside Windows 10 Home Edition

[Ingolf Steinbach]

Hi Christopher.

Am So., 6. Jan. 2019 um 22:35 Uhr schrieb Christopher Patti <feoh at feoh.org>:
> It may be easier to use a separate HD, but I have Linux installed on my
UEFI Alienware 17 R5 along side Windows 10 on my internal SSD and it works
great.
>
> You have to create a special boot partition, and it was in fact kind of a
pain, but it's possible once you understand it.

Do you have a pointer to some documentation describing that procedure?

> Reading the OPs original question though, given that what they want is to
give their friend a chance to see Linux in operation alongside Windows
without doing anything destructive, I'd agree with others that the best
choice here is simply to install VirtualBox into windows 10 and get Linux
running that way.

The owner of the notebook is already familier with Linux resp Kubuntu (as a
user). My intention was to ensure that specific notebook model is supported
well enough for everyday life. That would include questions like

   - Does the WiFi work w/o problems? (I ran into one with the live DVD,
   see the original post)
   - Does suspend/resume show any surprises?
   - How quickly does the battery drain compared to similar usage under
   Windows?
   - …

Unfortunately, these are all aspects which cannot be evaluated in a VM.

Kind regards
Ingolf
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