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I am planning on getting an extra hard drive for my Windows tower, and am thinking about trying out Linux again as a dual-boot.
However, I can't really think of any pros to this, only cons:
- More complicated to switch OSes. (Edit: because I have to shut down every time!)
- Less storage space. (Edit: because the Linux partition will take up space)
- I can already run Unix programs on Windows via Cygwin.
- I have to store data on FAT32 instead of NTFS. (Edit: FAT32 is the only platform supported enough by Windows and Linux, yet is less reliable then NTFS.)
Is there any practical reason to do this, or should I just format the hard drive as 100% non-bootable NTFS for storage?
Now a community wiki.
7Why do you have to store data on FAT32? Linux has very little problem accessing an NTFS partition these days; the ability to do so will be in almost any modern distribution. – ChrisInEdmonton – 2009-09-27T19:03:59.943
1yes, this should be CW – None – 2009-09-27T19:19:40.070
5It sounds as if you're looking for a reason to run Linux and you've convinced yourself you don't have one. Stick with Windows. – EmmEff – 2009-09-27T22:33:57.603
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You probably want to read: Why switch to Linux? http://superuser.com/questions/8467/why-switch-to-linux and Why not switch to Linux? http://superuser.com/questions/731/why-not-switch-to-linux
– None – 2009-09-27T23:43:27.447