This is a GPT-partitioned disc, which doesn't have the four-primary-partition limit of an MBR disc.
If you want to install Linux without a ground-up rebuild, you will need a distro that supports GPT (in order to change to MBR, a ground-up reinstall will be required).
The Linux community for your distro should have details on running that version side by side with a GPT Windows installation.
DO NOT make changes other than to the Dell recovery partition (the one containing the system image). Remember that part of the bootup files for a UEFI system are stored on the hard drive in some of these partitions, and removing them will render the system unbootable.
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This is a GPT-partitioned disc, which doesn't have the four-primary-partition limit of an MBR disc.
If you want to install Linux without a ground-up rebuild, you will need a distro that supports GPT (in order to change to MBR, a ground-up reinstall will be required).
The Linux community for your distro should have details on running that version side by side with a GPT Windows installation.
DO NOT make changes other than to the Dell recovery partition (the one containing the system image). Remember that part of the bootup files for a UEFI system are stored on the hard drive in some of these partitions, and removing them will render the system unbootable.