Dual boot Ubuntu (14.04) with Windows 10

Question

I have a Windows 8 system and was about to install Ubuntu 14.04 in dual boot mode, when I heard about Windows 10 releasing. Now that the Windows 10 has rolled out, I would like to know whether doing the same steps as for Windows 8 would install it. I would wait until somebody else has tried it out and posted it on the internet, but I'm somewhat out of time to wait. Will it be risky trying it out so soon, or does anyone know about what would work?

Solution

I've been dual-booting Windows 10 preview for 3 months now: no problems whatsoever in BIOS mode... (No UEFI here!)

However, I have 2 hard drives in my machine and change the boot order to boot from one hard drive or the other one. I did run for a week or so from one hard drive, but something got screwed up, so I reverted to booting from 2 hard drives again...

And as to waiting: you can always wait for the new CPU, the new Windows, the new GPU, ... If you're out of time to wait, get a system with Windows 8 and dual boot that as Microsoft has announced that anyone with a Windows 8 system can upgrade for free within one year...

Comments

[Organic Marble]

Your link is broken. Should be this I think: askubuntu.com/questions/666631/…

[Michael Hoffmann]

Thanks for pointing that out. I think I fixed it, but I'm on mobile, so it's hard to tell :P

[Organic Marble]

Yeah, it's good now. Nice write up too.

[Michael Hoffmann]

Thank you. I was worried it was too long and too specific, but hopefully it will help others avoid the messes I made following older answers to similar questions.