I have a friend who has an AMD processor based Windows system (Windows 7 IIRC).
He wishes to convert it to a dual-boot Windows/Linux system, with two bootable partitions, one for each OS. Many years ago I did this sort of thing, but a lot has changed. Do any of us have experience with this? A good pointer/site on how to do this? He does seem to be confused a bit about all the possibilities: - Virtual Box - Cygwin - Dual boot (with both partitions being bootable) - Which distro to use (He mainly wants to do development w/ C/C++ within the mathematics world) I was surprised that he thought it necessary to use linux .. I presumed he could do everything he wanted to do in Windows itself but apparently compilers were not there and that sort of thing. I do know on the mac you can install a "developer's sdk" for free (have to register) and presumed that was also possible with Windows. Any pointers much appreciated! And alternatives too. -- Owen
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