If you like

using Ubuntu

but want to have the option of using your other operating system, you can always

create a dual boot system

. This will involve

partitioning your hard drive

and you should probably back up your data, but once the process is complete, you'll be able to

boot into Ubuntu

or your other OS whenever you want.

In this episode, we'll give you an introduction to Ubuntu, which is a

distribution of Linux

. It's a great

free operating system

that comes with a full office suite with utilities and games, all of which come packed in free of charge. Here, we'll show you your

installation options

for

installing Ubuntu

such as

Live CDs or DVDs

and

dual booting

.

Partitioning your hard drive may sound like an exercise in geekery, but it's actually very simple and there are some really practical reasons you might want to partition a drive. First and foremost, you can create multiple virtual hard drives to store and organize your files or even to hold multiple operating systems on the same computer. For example, you could run Windows 7 and Ubuntu side by side on the same physical machine. Best of all, it's a

free partiton creator and manager

.

Hard drives are widely available at sizes in excess of 1 terabyte. That's 1,000 gigabytes. That's one huge drive! With EASEUS Partition Manager, it's easy to partition your big hard drive into two or more virtual drives that look and act like separate physical hard drives on your computer. We'll even show you how to set up a dual-boot PC!

Today many users have more than one operating system on their computer. How? By creating what is called a "Dual Boot" system. For example, you can have Windows XP installed on one partition and have Ubuntu Linux installed on another. EASEUS Partition Manager makes it easy for you to divide up your hard disk so you too can have a dual boot system.

Hard drives are widely available at sizes in excess of 1 terabyte. That's 1,000 gigabytes. That's one huge drive! With EASEUS Partition Manager, it's easy to partition your big hard drive into two or more virtual drives that look and act like separate physical hard drives on your computer. We'll even show you how to set up a dual-boot PC!

If you've heard a little bit about Linux then you might have been curious to try a

Linux distribution

yourself. In this series we'll give you an

introduction to Ubuntu

, a free

Linux-based operating system

that gives you multiple installation options. We'll walk you through

how to install Ubuntu

using each of those, including using

LiveCD or DVDs

,

running a persistent image

, and

dual booting

.