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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).
Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.
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Unless you have a reason to keep Windows, for example some software you depend on that doesn't run under Linux, just get rid of windows. There's no real reason to keep it around if you don't need it for a particular reason.
It's hard to predict when a course will require some software that's windows only. Either that or support (from TAs and profs) will be specific to Mac & Windows.
Thought a good compromise might be to keep it
Since he's asking he probably has a reason.
The reason is most likely the same as it was for most Linux newcomers. They've used Windows for a long time, and aren't to the point where they are comfortable enough to cut Windows off entirely.