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Hi everyone.

I’m presently using Windows 8 and I’m planning to install Linux too.

Want to know if it will have any effect on my laptop’s speed?

Any help would be appreciated. J
 


That depends what you mean.

Are you going to Dual Boot? If so when you are running Windows you are only running Windows, so no change there. When you are running Linux you are only running Linux. The speed Linux runs at will depend on the Distro, the window system, the window manager, the desktop manager, the display manager etc. It could potentially be faster with Linux.

How much RAM have your got?
 
Hi everyone.

I’m presently using Windows 8 and I’m planning to install Linux too.

Want to know if it will have any effect on my laptop’s speed?

Any help would be appreciated. J

Windows 8 means you have UEFI instead of old BIOS, and this is a bit more tricky to setup with dual boot, if that is your plan. I'd suggest you make Windows recovery disks if you haven't already (most brand name computers have an app for this) and also backup all critical data on your Windows partition. For a newbie to install a dual boot with UEFI there is a very real chance you can mess up your system and you will have to reinstall Windows from scratch. When you pick your Linux distro, you must use the 64-bit versions for UEFI support, and you should investigate to be sure the distro you want will work with UEFI (all the big distros are okay, like Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, etc).

You should Google "dual boot WIndows 8 and whatever distro you want" to look for specific tips on this process. But every computer OEM (Dell, HP, Lenovo, etc) can implement UEFI differently, so you kind of have to feel your way through the installation yourself. You very often have to adjust the UEFI settings, so you need to get an idea of what is going on.

Another way to run Linux is to install it in a virtual machine instead of dual booting. This is often easier, and maybe this is what you intend to do. This may affect your computer's speed as the virtual machine needs some of the system RAM to run. They usually run pretty well together though, and it's a good way to test out Linux without the chance of messing up your Windows installation and boot process.

Good luck!
 
This is the same windows version I have on an hp laptop. I seem to be having issues. Mint appeared to download ok. Its showing in my download. I have virtual box but it only showed 32bit i have 64 bit so didnt work. I downloaded another virtual something can' think of name that did absolutely nothing. This was done from hard drive. I was thinking maybe easier if I do from usb stick? Confused. Thanks
 
This is the same windows version I have on an hp laptop. I seem to be having issues. Mint appeared to download ok. Its showing in my download. I have virtual box but it only showed 32bit i have 64 bit so didnt work. I downloaded another virtual something can' think of name that did absolutely nothing. This was done from hard drive. I was thinking maybe easier if I do from usb stick? Confused. Thanks

Hi @keanenh, and welcome to the forums! This is an old thread that you replied to. Please open up a new thread to discuss the issues you're having. Getting Started and General Linux are both good places to start. Hopefully we can help you out.

Cheers
 
I have a windows 8.1 laptop and I use dull boot with elementary os and it works fine
 
I´ve got a Windows xp laptop, I´m using a linux bootstick and it´s working good.
 
I´ve got a windows xp laptop with a linux bootstick and it works fine,
 
Hi everyone.

I’m presently using Windows 8 and I’m planning to install Linux too.

Want to know if it will have any effect on my laptop’s speed?

Any help would be appreciated. J

GNU/Linux is faster than Windows and is more secure.......Boot times are a pain if you dual-boot Linux/Windows...:(
 
GNU/Linux is faster than Windows and is more secure.......Boot times are a pain if you dual-boot Linux/Windows...:(
I dual boot on all my computers, and I'm not having bad boot times for either Linux or Windows. My Mint installs boot within 20 seconds, and the Windows 7 installs around 40-45 seconds. Windows 10 boots from a power off state in 35-40 seconds, unless it has to finish an update.
 
When you start to use linux you will not won't to go back to your windows.
Unless you are gaming, If your gaming just stay to windows.
But not forever, steam is making more games linux friendly.
 

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