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Keffoo321

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I currently have Windows 7 and I love it. However, I just recently started to try switching flight simulators (my hobby) and I want to try X-Plane 10, which has a Linux version. I am thinking of trying out Ubuntu, but I'm not sure. Which one do you prefer? And if I get Ubuntu, should I get 12.04 LTS or 13.10?

My specs are:
Intel i7-3770K 3.5GHz w/ Coolermaster 412S
ASUS Nvidia GTX Titan 6GB
Corsair XMS3 8GB RAM 1600MHz (upgrading to 16gb soon)
Gigabyte Z77X-D3H
 
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Keffoo321

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It's not giving me the option to dual boot windows 7 in the installation page
 
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Alabalcho

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You can install Ubuntu using WUBI (check for wubi.exe on Ubuntu DVD) from inside Windows, and it will show as an ordinary application which you can later remove if you don't like.

In this mode, Linux places its file system inside a (huge) Windows-hosted file, so plan your disk space accordingly.
 
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Please do not use WUBI, it is slow, unreliable, and practically impossible to troubleshoot. It is meant only to try ubuntu, not to run games or such. If you just want to try ubuntu it is better to just run in virtualbox...

From the installation: follow steps pictured here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O6yU_yvlS4

abridged steps that the installer does for you:
1) create new empty partition on hard drive.
2) install ubuntu to empty partition
3) install ubuntu/linux bootloader "GRUB2"; this will overwrite the windows bootloader on the MBR.
4) GRUB2 contains code that will automagically add the windows 7 installation boot entry to the GRUB2 bootloader.
 
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