One of the most confusing and intimidating parts of installing Linux for dual-booting with Windows is the disk partitioning required.

Boot your Mac into Windows and insert your Linux install disc (see step 3). When it auto-runs, click the Install Linux Mint Inside Windows option, and follow those instructions.

But the tool that you’ll be able to download from the website is designed to work from Windows. If you want to create a system restore USB flash disk using Linux, you can do it today.

2. Select “Start or install Ubuntu” 3. After inserting the disk you will boot into a single user live installation. Here you can play with Ubuntu all you want.

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OK, you've settled on which version of Linux you want to load on your old PC. Here's how to make it happen.

Installing Linux Mint on a Windows 8.x PC with Secure Boot on can be a pain, but on an XP system it's easy. So, if you're considering switching out XP for Linux Mint, here's how you'd go about it ...