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I placed a spare ssd into my device and would like to put a linux distro on it so I can learn it and get completely away from windows.

What distro would you recommend for this?
Any particular favorite websites or vids useful for a linux newb? Do I need a usb stick or can I directly install to the ssd? Do I have to go into the windows bios? What settings would I change there if needed? The ssd is labeled, formatted but not partitioned. Any recommendations would be appreciated. TYIA

I placed a spare ssd into my device and would like to put a linux distro on it so I can learn it and get completely away from windows. What distro would you recommend for this? Any particular favorite websites or vids useful for a linux newb? Do I need a usb stick or can I directly install to the ssd? Do I have to go into the windows bios? What settings would I change there if needed? The ssd is labeled, formatted but not partitioned. Any recommendations would be appreciated. TYIA

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You will have to dual boot. You'll need some kind of boot loader to allow for selecting between partitions.

I HIGHLY recommend you do not install two OS'es on the same drive. It is a major headache if anything goes wrong or you need to resize the partitions for any reason.

Get another ssd, install one OS on each. Yes you will have to dual boot. SSD's are quite cheap these days.

[–] • 1 pt

Thanks, I just put a 250gb ssd in my win11 pro device (cough found an ssd lying around cough) and it's a perfect reason to start using linux.