Linux Mint 17.3 on an external bootable usb hard drive works for me. I couldn’t touch my vista install because for some reason my bios wanted to see Windows on my eight-year old HP laptop. Unplug the external drive, and I boot Windows, plug it back in and I boot Linux. I have no reason to boot Windows and Microsoft can go pound sand on Windows 10 (or 20, or whatever it ends up being).
“I have no reason to boot Windows “
Can one use Linux for secure stuff online banking?