How to dual-boot Fedora 15 and Ubuntu 11.04 on a computer with one hard disk is the subject of this tutorial. If you have ever configured dual-booting between Windows and a Linux distribution, the steps involved should be very familiar, but if you have not, this tutorial is detailed enough that you should not have any problems in setting this up on your computer – laptop or desktop.

Before you start, you will have to decide what edition of Ubuntu 11.04 you want to use: Ubuntu Desktop or Ubuntu Alternate Installer? Ubuntu Desktop comes with a simple, point-and-click installer, but it does not have support for disk encryption and LVM, the Linux Logical Volume Manager. The Alternate Installer edition uses an ncurses, keyboard-based navigation, but with support for LVM and disk encryption.