I’ve done basically the same thing with my computer. While I was still stuck with Windows, my main installation broke and took ages to boot. I installed another copy onto the same disk to run some software, then dual (triple?) booted with Mint.

Mine are all on the same physical disk, but the process should be the same.

The Mint bootloader took over from Windows, and presents me with a menu on boot. The default choice is Mint, which automatically boots after a few seconds, but it gives me a few options, one of which is the Windows bootloader. If I choose this, it gives me the same options as before I installed Mint, so lets me boot into either installation.

It goes without saying, but make a backup before you change anything, and remember that Boot Repair is available for most Linux distros :)

You could have a group of monsters hiding in the shadows just past Granny Mart, who get very confused when the adventurers finish shopping and leave.

It turns out that Granny’s health potions just taste so much better than the others.

I’m using Mint with a 3060 on my PC, and my wife has Mint installed with one of the very old low powered cards, a gt 710 I think. Neither of us have had problems with them 🤷🏻‍♂️

f you’re using Ubuntu or Linux Mint, Zorin, PopOS, install the ubuntustudio package for pipewire (can’t remember how it’s called you need to search for it). It sets up pipewire audio correctly, so more plugins/apps work out of the box (without it, for example, Bitwig studio doesn’t even make a peep…).

Thanks for adding this 🙂

I’ve just started playing around with Hydrogen, the drum machine, as well as some video editing. I’m in the process of switching to Mint, but hadn’t heard of the ubuntustudio package at all.

‘Gaming laptop, only used occasionally. Been sitting around for a while because my kid’s got a new hobby. £1,200 no offers. I know what I’ve got’

The pictured laptop has a Centrino sticker on it and looks like it’s been used to dig a garden

I like the idea of containerised apps, especially if you can have multiples of the same app.

A few years ago, when I was pretty much fully on Windows, I used PortableApps to manage a few websites and their emails, and having a simple way to do the same thing is one of the few reasons I’m still stuck with Windows.

On top of that, I like trying out new apps and programs, but uninstalling them doesn’t always get rid of the extras, like new dependencies.