About two weeks ago I had a new computer built for me. It isn't top of the line but it is very good. I intend to have dual boot between windows and Linux. I had them install Linux but they installed the wrong version. I wiped Linux and installed Win 7. It was quite painless but took several rounds of updates and looking up drivers for various components.
I went with the ASUS USB-AC51 wireless WiFi adapter. The adapter wouldn't work until I installed the drivers from the adapter's CD. Unfortunately that's not going to work for Linux because I have to compile the driver from the code on the disk. The computer's builders told me the driver kept throwing errors in Linux. I think it was beyond his skills. He knows how to install Windows but Linux was outside his comfort zone. I happened to have an access point I was using for my Blu-ray player. I plugged it in and ran Linux from the installation disk. It made the connection just fine. At least I have a back up plan until I get the driver for the AC51 compiled and installed. I will be able to let Linux get the latest version of the software components during the install. But first I will create a recovery disk so I don't have to re-install Windows. The Linux documentation says that if one intends to do a dual boot one should install Windows first because it wants to format the drives during the installation.
Originally I was going to just install Linux along side Windows without creating a recovery disk for Windows. The MBR vs GPT issue scared me off. I'm so out of touch with current technology.
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