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Kinda like dual booting? I have been learning a lot about linux and different distros, but can I download another one and choose which one i want to run?
 
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>Kinda like dual booting?
Absolutely! In fact it is dual booting, but instead of Linux and Windows, it'll just be two instances of Linux.
>can I download another one and choose which one i want to run?
Yes, as long as you partition your hard drive accordingly. (you can share swap partitions etc between distros) When you boot your computer, GRUB will give you the option to select either one.
 
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Yeah, but I can't think of any reason you would want to.
 
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Just set up a partition for each distro and one for grub & swap. Grub will manage the boot for both.

Example:
Code:
Primary *boot* ext4 128.00MB /boot
Primary ext4 256.00GB / (distro 1)
Primary ext4 256.00GB / (distro 2)
Primary swap 4096.00MB
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Ned Ned , lrn2virtualmachine
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http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/virtualbox/downloads/index.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/virtualbox/downloads/index.html

Also, lrn2bootfromusb

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/

I personally have dual partitions on all my computers, with Gentoo and Windows 7 ....
 
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Sure you can. Provided you have Grub doing your bootloading, it's easy as pie. Install your other distro on another partition wherever you want, and just make sure that you add the appropriate section to grub's menu. You can even use os-prober to have grub automatically find other operating systems and add entries to your boot menu.
 
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The best way to figure out which one is best for you and your PC is to do like Rally said... use VirtualBox by Oracle...then just download the Linux ISO's and start testing them out on your PC without having to wipe out Windows and finding out that there are some driver issues
 
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I think once I had a quad-boot machine with three distros and a copy of windows.
 
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If you installed Ubuntu, it comes with a booter called yaboot. It sets up the partitions automatically, and you can choose to have it as just Ubuntu, or run alongside.
 
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