openSUSE

>>57083596
Grub can handle Windows just fine whereas the Windows boot loader won't recognize the openSUSE installaton afaik.

>>57083596
You have the following options:

1. create a designated /boot partition (a few hundred megabytes, ext2. pref. primary but modern grub will handle them just fine even if they are logical). This way even if your linux installation fucks up you still get into a working grub and not grub rescue, I'd do this.
2. install gahnoo+loonix, let it install grub, boot into windows, install easyBCD, restore windows boot record then add grub to the windows boot menu using easyBCD.
3. suicide

>>57083646
I know using GRUB works, problem is just that I like to tinker with my linux install, which can lead to me fucking up my bootloader, so if I use GRUB for booting both windows and linux, and I manage to fuck it up... well, I'm screwed...
That's why I want to use the windows bootloader, so my windows will always be bootable

>>57083702
Unless you badly screw up your grub.conf or delete /boot, which of both you can always take a backup of, none of the tinkering will bork your bootloader. It's much more likely that you will screw up somewhere else. Also, you could just reinstall Grub within a few minutes.

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>>57083690
Thanks for your advice, I'll be sure to try this!
(I'm sorry about the GNU/Linux meme, you know how people around here can be...)
Just to be sure, these are the things I need to set, right?

>>57083734
DISABLE THE FIREWALL, kek.

>>57083726
Believe me, I have a talent for borking shit.
I once managed to screw up my BIOS while trying to install Linux. Couldn't fix it myself, took it to the shop, took them a week to get it fixed, in th end they flashed the BIOS and it worked...

>>57083750
Screenshot I found online and edited, not my actual install...
Also, why would you want to disable the firewall? Never had any trouble with it...

>>57083758
You should consider buying a tablet.

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>>57083770
I'd say it's quite an achievement, I've never heard anyone else that was able to fuck up their BIOS by installing an OS.

>>57083690
thanks for the suggestion, it worked, curently running SUSE through windows bootloader :D You're awesome anon!

>>57084667
You might want to get rid of all the patterns and disable recommended packages in zypp.conf, otherwise every update will pull all the stuff you unistalled. Git-gui, enfuse and shit like that. On the other hand if this is baby's first loonix, leave it as it is.

>>57083780
To be honest it's pretty easy when you use EFI systems and fuck up by deleting /EFI.

Dual booting is usually silly now that VMs exist. If you have more than one hard disk, disconnect the rest, do a clean install, then select boot device on startup if you must dual/multi boot.

Dual booting was fine on my 366 Celeron a million years ago. I don't do it anymore.

Just load Virtualbox on top of your Windows install then install Linux. It's MUCH easier than conventional installs and you don't need install media since you can load from a downloaded .iso file. Learn about Snapshots and rebooting the VM to a clean state. I run Linux and Windows VMs on Windows and Linux hosts. Fuck "switching", give me more choice. I don't pay for software so I don't support Microsoft. (Use is not support. Money is support.)