SGT Private RallyPoint Member 1279604 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div> 2016-02-04T10:20:24-05:00 SGT Private RallyPoint Member 1279604

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2016-02-04T10:20:24-05:00 2016-02-04T10:20:24-05:00 LTC Stephen F. 1279625

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>In the past I have used dual boot systems when testing software prior to release to military clients so that we could test the software under different operation system environments <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="77973" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/77973-25u-signal-support-systems-specialist">SGT Private RallyPoint Member</a> .

2016-02-04T10:29:01-05:00 2016-02-04T10:29:01-05:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 1279627

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Sometimes you just need to Windoze... 92.86% of the time Linux does it for me... the rest of the time, for some reason the wife wants to use the history.

2016-02-04T10:29:14-05:00 2016-02-04T10:29:14-05:00 SSgt Robert Jorgensen 1279631

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Depending on what your doing, one is more secure then the other But one is limited in software choices.

2016-02-04T10:30:56-05:00 2016-02-04T10:30:56-05:00 SGM Private RallyPoint Member 1279655

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I am a Linux Mint user, but I do keep a bootable Win7 partition for proprietary software. The last time I booted it was April of last year when I did my taxes with Tax Act from H&amp;R Block. Probably the next time I boot Win7 will be the same reason.<br /><br />Linux is more stable, less hackable, less virus prone, and has more free software available. Linux also has less garbage sucking horsepower away from your computer, less advertising, easier methods of deleting what advertising there is, and more control for the user. Windows has proprietary software, and if that's what you need, then you need Windows.

2016-02-04T10:38:02-05:00 2016-02-04T10:38:02-05:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 1279669

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Dual booting windows /Linux windows for gaming and Linux for software development

2016-02-04T10:43:42-05:00 2016-02-04T10:43:42-05:00 LCDR Rabbah Rona Matlow 1279694

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>There are reasons to use multiple OSs, especially if you are concerned about security, hacking, spying, etc... If so, Linux is probably a better choice to run. I suspect, though, that a dual boot machine could probably be hacked in some way. VMs don&#39;t provide the same security.<br /><br />The only true safe machine is one that is not connected to anything. Short of that, separate machines, or separate, removable boot drives are more secure...<br /><br />Personally I just use Windows. I don&#39;t do anything so critical that I&#39;m concerned about getting hacked. And I have two routers and security software, along with practicing &quot;Safe Internet...&quot;

2016-02-04T10:51:40-05:00 2016-02-04T10:51:40-05:00 Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS 1279734

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I was using a multi-boot Mac/Windows/Linux for a while.<br /><br />It was nice. My mac had A LOT of nice features, but it wouldn&#39;t run a few games &amp; programs I had. So I used &quot;Bootcamp&quot; &amp; &quot;Windows Parallels&quot; on it. It gave me the option to set up partitions and operate natively. The nice part about that was if I was inside Mac, and I needed something from my Windows system I could launch Parallels and access it.<br /><br />VMs are great, but every now and then don&#39;t respond &quot;as well as&quot; booting from. Just using too much computing power to keep both OS going. The better the hardware the less the problem though.<br /><br />When I was playing with linux VM was definitely the way to go, but I almost always set up as Dual Boot and then &quot;paralleled&quot; it over. I just liked having both options.

2016-02-04T11:02:26-05:00 2016-02-04T11:02:26-05:00 SPC Private RallyPoint Member 1279832

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Im a huge Mac fan, and i run windows on my macbook because a lot of programs are on windows and not other OS. Im sure this applies to linux.

2016-02-04T11:37:28-05:00 2016-02-04T11:37:28-05:00 SSG Nathaniel Bendel 1280154

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I just use VMs. I haven't dual booted a machine since desktop virtualization became available. I thin provision so the HD isn't preallocated which saves on storage until needed.

2016-02-04T13:52:53-05:00 2016-02-04T13:52:53-05:00 SSG Derek Scheller 1280345

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>As much as I love linux currently I just utilize it through VM. Though the more I spend away from gaming, the more I will lean towards linux.

2016-02-04T14:57:07-05:00 2016-02-04T14:57:07-05:00 MSgt Private RallyPoint Member 1280840

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Depends on what exactly you choose to do with your Linux box... Be offensive or harden your network.

2016-02-04T18:14:30-05:00 2016-02-04T18:14:30-05:00 SSgt Mark Lines 1281030

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I definitely prefer dual-booting with Linux and Windows, especially on my gaming rig. I prefer the gaming performance and ease of use I get with Windows, but for older games (10 years-old) I prefer to use Linux. The older games require less tweaking to run properly on Linux. I also prefer to boot into Linux when my wife uses the computer. Still getting her to understand that she doesn't need to install a program offered by a website. With Linux, no worries. <br /><br />The only time I prefer a single boot is with my Home Theater PC. There I boot solely into Linux. Currently I use Linux Mint with Kodi as the default desktop environment. It is faster, more stable, and gives a more set-top box feel.

2016-02-04T20:33:10-05:00 2016-02-04T20:33:10-05:00 SSgt Mark Lines 1281031

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I definitely prefer dual-booting with Linux and Windows, especially on my gaming rig. I prefer the gaming performance and ease of use I get with Windows, but for older games (10 years-old) I prefer to use Linux. The older games require less tweaking to run properly on Linux. I also prefer to boot into Linux when my wife uses the computer. Still getting her to understand that she doesn&#39;t need to install a program offered by a website. With Linux, no worries. <br /><br />The only time I prefer a single boot is with my Home Theater PC. There I boot solely into Linux. Currently I use Linux Mint with Kodi as the default desktop environment. It is faster, more stable, and gives a more set-top box feel.

2016-02-04T20:33:10-05:00 2016-02-04T20:33:10-05:00 PFC David Ryba 1281746

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>This is an interesting question. I run Windows 10 and XP Media Edition with Oracle VM Virtual Box because of a great photo editing program that came with XP. However with flash drives getting so big (2.2 TB is the biggest I&#39;ve seen so far) why not make boot-able flash drives and just plug in a flash drive with the OS you want to use and start your computer? Is that possible???

2016-02-05T08:23:15-05:00 2016-02-05T08:23:15-05:00 CPT Private RallyPoint Member 1284992

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>With the status of virtualization technology available on the laptops &amp; desktops of today's machines, I would rather use VMs than dual boot. That way I don't have to stop what I'm doing in one machine to do an action in another. And yes, I put my money where my mouth is, I run linux host with windows guest. (with the exception of 1 windows laptop)

2016-02-06T18:12:05-05:00 2016-02-06T18:12:05-05:00 TSgt Private RallyPoint Member 1324200

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Give me a Linux box, with VM software, then let me create my 7 systems on Windows, 3 on IOS, and whatever I want after that... wait, I have that on my desktop!

2016-02-23T11:35:54-05:00 2016-02-23T11:35:54-05:00 2016-02-04T10:20:24-05:00