I’m thinking of adding a Linux boot to my Windows machine but I’m not sure if it’s a good idea. I plan to use Ubuntu. Input please VVVVV
Or you could just run it in a VM using Oracle’s VirtualBox
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I have Ubuntu booted with Windows 8.1 running happily on my desktop computer. It works great for me, I have a dedicated ubuntu machine when I feel like working with linux or installing something on linux. I also have Fedora and Gentoo mostly for fun and a few specific tasks but that is beside the point. I love my multi-boot machine and I have never had any problems with any conflicts. If you are serious about having both ubuntu and windows on your computer I would certainly recommend it.
If you just want ubuntu to mess with every now and then and don’t plan on doing much with it though, like @DotDash said it would probably be best for you to just run it in VirtualBox or another emulator.
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Using a disk with GPT disk partitioning is awesome for having several partitions 
I have Ubuntu and two installations of Windows 8.1 in my laptop and everything runs smoothly. I use Grub2. There are no conflicts with Secure Boot whatsoever. Give it a try, but backup everything before you do, just in case it goes wrong 
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God no…
Virtualisation is never a good idea for anything other than testing.
Makin me want to change OS…
Still, I do need a windows dual boot…
And I have been planning to dockerize EVERYTHING…
Damn it. Elementary here i come!
Just why, and just as I got debain working.
<They see me trolling… They hatin’>
Woo~ Different opinions.
I use Virtualization for many things. Of course, testing is one of the leading reasons. But hardly the only one.
My main work system is completely virtualized.
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Also, this.
Really? As in virtualization or docker?
So you deploy your desktop to the cloud?
What?
IBM bluemix - Cloud app development platform.
Yeah, it uses docker. So hum.
Docker isn’t really virtualisation: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16047306/how-is-docker-io-different-from-a-normal-virtual-machine
You said you were going to dockerise everything so I gave you that.
By that I meant all my desktop applications, I already use it for testing and stuff. Anyway, for deployment prefer tutum/DigitalOcean.
Well, my job monitors my computer. So I contain everything I need for that job inside a virtual machine, so that they can’t see my literal computer.
Plus, I do most of my programming within an arch linux machine. Seamless virtualization is so good. :3