Dual boot : Windows8 and Debian mint

if you want to dual-boot Windows 8 and Linux Mint Debian Edition 2 on a computer with UEFI firmware, this steps given in this tutorial will work also.

Getting From Here To There: To successfully set up a dual-boot system with Windows 7 and Linux Mint Debian 2, you’ll need to have access to a Windows 7 computer. After that, enough space has to be recovered from the C drive to use for installing LMDE 2. Then you’ll download an installation image of LMDE 2, transfer it to a USB stick and then install it alongside Windows 7 on the target hard disk.

To install LMDE 2, the following partitions have to be created:

• Root partition – mounted at /
• Home partition – mounted at /home
• Swap partition

If you’re new to disk partitioning in Linux, take a moment to read Beginners to disks and disk partitions in Linux before embarking on this fun adventure.

NITROSHARE 0.3.0: EASILY SEND FILES TO OTHER MACHINES ON THE LOCAL NETWORK

NitroShare is a tool that can be used to easily transfer files between computers on your local network, available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X.

NitroShare features:

• no configuration required: each device running NitroShare broadcasts its presence to other devices on the network;
• supports transferring files as well as directories;
• displays desktop notifications for completed transfers or when someone on the local network starts or quits NitroShare;
• simple, easy to use user interface.