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The dual booting tag on WindowsForum.com gathers discussion about running Windows alongside another operating system on the same machine, including when a separate installation is worth the reboot. A recent thread examines a Zorin OS experiment where a Windows virtual machine replaced a traditional dual-boot setup for everyday Microsoft applications, while noting Windows 10 security caveats for the guest. The recurring theme is practical trade-offs: keeping Windows for a handful of apps, weighing virtualization against a second partition, and understanding the security implications of each approach.
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    Run Windows Apps on Zorin OS with GNOME Boxes: A Dual-Boot Alternative With Windows 10 Security Caveats

    A Windows virtual machine does not eliminate Windows—it changes where Windows lives. That distinction is the useful takeaway from How-To Geek writer Rich Hein’s experiment: an older Dell desktop running Zorin OS handled his everyday Microsoft applications well enough that rebooting into a...