Windows - Linux Dual Boot: What is Linux
Dual booting Windows and Linux isn't as much trouble as you would imagine. In fact it's a piece of cake.
I've been a dual Windows/Linux user for as long as I can remember. I prefer the flexibility of Linux but I still need to use Windows because it's 'the norm'. Everyone else has Windows so I need to have it as well. But it's more than just that - it's also that a lot of great software is Windows only software.
With Linux you get free and open source at the heart of things. Almost everything is changeable to how you like it, it's modified and improved by thousands of people and in a very organic 'let's make it better for everyone' kind of way.