Don't remove Windows - do this instead!

[@reno145]

I don’t hate Windows. I hate Microsoft.

[@alanmusicman3385]

Why?

[@TechnoMinded-qp5in]

@@alanmusicman3385 Oh let's see stalking on your computer for one doing deceptive practices for 2 claiming your computer when you own it for 3 do I need to provide more reasons for you here why Microsoft sucks?

[@TechnoMinded-qp5in]

@@alanmusicman3385 Not to mention Windows Recall is a privacy nightmare.

[@vanchi9044]

@@TechnoMinded-qp5in Why is privacy so important? Is privacy that important?

[@Casey2262]

@@vanchi9044 Do you p0op with the door open?... are you ok with sharing your credit card details with everyone?... why would it not be important?

[@crazydude5825]

Keep in mind the performance of the operating system will be much worse than if it were running on a physical machine, and it will struggle on graphically intensive tasks. Don't judge an operating system based on that in a virtual machine. Focus instead on getting a system that you're comfortable navigating and getting basic tasks done on. Install a few programs. Try to learn how it works. Stuff like that.

[@deathvalleybro9320]

VM's are usually garbage.

[@Soupie62]

As a follow up: it's possible to make a VM that is a copy of your existing, working Windows 10 setup. And then make a Backup copy. When Win10 support ends, you can keep running the VM version. With no network connection, so nasties can't get in, and that backup Just In Case.

[@gnericgnome4214]

When did Win 7 support end? Cause I'm still using it.

[@eminpasha7472]

I remember when I first tried Ubuntu, gave the option two boot operators. When you turned on PC asked do you want to log in windows or Ubuntu.

[@Faith_Walker]

Thanks!

[@LironSegev]

Appreciate you and thanks for being here 🔥

[@michaelvonblucherafaltona1994]

I find virtual machines like virtual box handy for running old legacy software on older operating systems, say Windows XP. For testing a version of Linux, I just create a bootable USB drive and test with that. You can build as many as you like to test multiple Linux distros. For actually running Linux live, I prefer to use older, obsolete Laptops. Linux brings them back to life.

[@juergenilse3259]

Keep in ind, that llinux running from a sllow mediumlike USB Stick may be much slower than running it from harrddisk or SSD ...

[@Paulzpc]

I boot Linux on a different hard drive on my computer, I just reboot tap F11 and it boots into Linux Mint 21.3 I like Mint, I run the programs I can't run on Windows and poke around with the programs I like on Linux, you really shouldn't dual boot, because Windows boot files corrupt easily and I didn't want that to happen so I installed on an HD separate from my Windows installation, it's been about two months now and I like it.

[@jaymesobrinho]

Uma boa ideia. Acho melhor do que usar VM.

[@rpersen]

Same with me. I have one small 500GB SSD with Windows, and a 2TB SSD with Kubuntu. I don’t mix boot sectors, just press F8 at boot and choose the OS I want (which most of the time is Kubuntu).

[@Paulzpc]

@@rpersen It works well for me, and I continue to boot this way today, cheers

[@JuniorProdogy]

This seems pretty useful and would like to give it a try, what's the difference between doing this and dual booting?

[@Paulzpc]

@@JuniorProdogy Windows boot manager can corupt, and it often does, I did it to eliminate that possibility, but there is no difference other then going into your bios when you reboot and changing the boot order.

[@ritajain2453]

Was bedridden after multiple brain strokes. Watching through my 10G mobile. Thanks to you bro, I can finally install Windows 3.1 ❤️ I always make a duplicate copy of my virtual drive after installing the o/s and other necessary software. It gives me more freedom to play, knowing that I can delete the second v/d and create a new one, ready for experimenting.

[@cbr9nmr]

The simplest thing to do is to get another drive. Having an older case with hot swappable bays means you can swtch OS like game cartridges.

[@rps215]

I just keep the Windows SSD and install Linux in another SSD. I can switch by restarting and picking the one I want.

[@brucemckenna7035]

You're awesome Liron. Your knowledge and expertise is invaluable to us older viewers. Cheers from Australia.

[@AquariusTurtle]

Windows 10 is not a solution. It still has virtually all the bad things found in Windows 11. Anything that is not in Windows 10 will soon be retroactively added. Remember when MS added Telemetry into Windows 7? Telemetry is absolutely terrible for privacy and security but people foolishly accept it in Windows 10.

[@asan1050]

Please a video on getting around Windows Minimum Requirements for Windows 11, Thank you very much!

[@S.Koushikk]

Don't worry about it create a bootable windows 11 usb using rufus and it will show options to bypass all requirements and you can install on any pc

[@michaellangwaller]

It would still be nice to see a video doing so.

[@edwardmacnab354]

I think microsoft waived the minimum requirements so that they are les strict , but anyway , why would you even want windows 11 . What a turkey it is . Windows 10 is just better .

[@asan1050]

@@edwardmacnab354 and when support ends?

[@edwardmacnab354]

@@asan1050 I'm just saying that windows 10 is better --not that you will be able to use it connected to the internet , you will need windows 11 for quite a lot of up to date software on modern machines , as microsoft well knows. They have us locked in that way.

[@georgeliveris8517]

I left Windows during COVID. I'm exclusively Linux. Never looked back.

[@deniswauchope3788]

My sister has a laptop with Win 11. Every week or so I'm asked to get something working because it stopped; one day it's the printer isn't recognized, another day it's unable to connect to our router. I'm already sick & tired of Win 11 and I don't even have it yet! I'm sticking with Win 10 as long as possible, I'm not in love with it but at least I've got everything working. I've tried a number of Linux installs but there's always something that throws me back into Windows- which at least does what I want it to do, without having to learn all the command line instructions that Linux seems to require. Sigh. Last OS I really liked was back in the '80s: Amiga OS was awesome, but it's long dead now. Oh well!

[@javabeanz8549]

Odd, I have never had to use the CLI in recent versions of Linux Mint to get anything working. The GUI does all that just fine. I use the CLI a lot for headless servers, but not for configuring my laptops running Linux Mint. I tried Windows 10 and 11, I can't use either of them, just non-stop alerts about all sorts of garbage.

[@obrenmasic398]

@@deniswauchope3788 XP! Thats the last OS that _I_ liked. 🙂

[@fernandorubinski9526]

try what I use for more than 15 years: biglinux OS, change idiom at page's bottom right

[@deniswauchope3788]

@@fernandorubinski9526 Thanks for the suggestion, I'll give it a try!

[@UltraZelda64]

I use VMs regularly but it's usually to run Linux in Linux. No Windows here.

[@user-dz3ph7dl4m]

this is the way

[@MrGrappleMan]

KVM is great for distrohopping and previewing the distro's capabilities.

[@bkThund3r]

I love Gnome Boxes, I use it to run Windows and Linux. It is great to run Tiny11 and all the other Windows mods.

[@gnericgnome4214]

suggesting certain OSes, promoting certain OSes, commenting about certain OSes... IS NOT FORCING ANYONE TO DO A F-ING THING!

[@svenlima]

While I was thinking that I'd like to try out Linux without removing Windows 10, Liron was on the same time producing a video about exactly this matter. Mind reading Liron? I'm scared.

[@KeriKittyGaming]

this actually makes me feel excited and more at ease to try linux!

[@richd6362]

Great video. I've been using VirtualBox for years.

[@Zendukai]

Hey matey, on Oracle VM, how do we make the screen full screen, is it simple to do or are we stuck with a small window?

[@richd6362]

@@Zendukai Sorry, not an expert. I also have a small window.

[@lylestavast7652]

@@Zendukai enable-full-screen-virtualbox-ubuntu

[@Me-xm4tg]

Yes can you do a video on how to get around doesn't meet mim requirements . Thanks

[@TheJason13]

you just press Shift+F10 to bring up the command prompt at the initial install screen. LTT has a video on this.

[@dingokidneys]

You don't have to do anything if you install Win11 in a VirtualBox VM. VB emulates all the hardware needed. That's how I'm running a Win11 VM on a 3rd gen i5 without a TPM. It never complained once during the install.

[@zekarou7831]

I'm using dual boot mode for decades. That way I can enjoy the best of two worlds. I love it. 🙂❤💯👍

[@separk_sa2667]

Same bro I'm currently dual boot ubuntu and windows 11

[@pcartisan2721]

Wait a minute. Your introduction is a little off. 😉 (Insert helpful tip here?) People posting “rando”? comments about switching to Linux is not “forcing” someone to switch. At least when I make a post, or comment, it’s as a recommendation. Not everyone is disrespectful these days; at least I hope not. Ok, now I will start watching the next ten minutes and thirty seconds of this GREAT video! 😃

[@LironSegev]

Unfortunately many comments are literally telling people how stupid they are for using XYZ vs an intellect comment with pros and cons. Appreciate you being here 🔥

[@pcartisan2721]

@@LironSegev Understood. Thank you for your videos.

[@AceMoonshot]

"Now, there are some differences between them. But for the purposes of what we're trying to do, they're virtually the same...." I see what you did there...Virtual Machines being virtually the same.

[@LironSegev]

Glad someone got it 😜

[@laurentitolledo1838]

Watching this on my Linux Mint SSD mini PC....relaxed.... sipping latte...with some sugar coated twist the w$11 ssd for this unit stored....somewhere...(tries to look around where it should be)

[@lennytheleopard]

Nice one Liron. Thanks

[@supergoofy123]

VMware Workstation Pro is now free for personal use and VMware Workstation Player will no longer be available (at least as a standalone product, or maybe it will continue to be included in the Pro full package, like it does now).

[@TheSlimbee]

Finally someone who is clear in speech

[@samuraiwarriorsunite]

For people new to VM's I would highly recommend that you don't share files and folders between your actual machine and the VM. You could accidentally infect your machine. Its not likely but I have seen it happen. You may want to keep your machine and the VM as isolated from each other as possible.

[@spitfeueranna]

Some of us need to edit video files from both sides

[@harveybc]

Yes, VM's rock. I'm watching this on a Linux Mint VM hosted on Win10. (Much prefer Linux!) The fun thing is that you can find old operating system ISO's when you just want to have fun playing around. I have VM's also for Win3.1, OS/2 Warp 4, and a couple other Linux distros. Don't use the old stuff much but fun to play with every once in a while and see just how far we have gotten.

[@bobsmith-fk5wn]

YES!!! Please make a video on how to install Windows 11 on a non qualifying old Windows 10.

[@floridabelle]

Definitely! Please.

[@TheJason13]

you just press Shift+F10 to bring up the command prompt at the initial install screen. LTT has a video on this.

[@TheJason13]

@@floridabelle you just press Shift+F10 to bring up the command prompt at the initial install screen. LTT has a video on this.

[@floridabelle]

@@TheJason13 Thanks. I'll look into it. Is LTT Linus Tech Tips?

[@dingokidneys]

VirtualBox emulates the necessary hardware on non-qualifying machines. I have a Win11 Pro VM running in VirtualBox on an 11 year old machine with a 3rd gen i5 processor. It does have 16Gb of RAM and an SSD for the virtual disk storage but it in no way qualifies. I did nothing special to get Win11 running apart from using a local account by telling the installer I was connecting to a domain. You can play with Win11 all you like depending on your level of masochism. I set Win11 up to annoy tech support scammers who call me. Otherwise, I use Debian 12.6.

[@fruitloop831]

I love VMs, handy for testing out OS and programs that you don't want touching your system

[@rhoadeswr1]

I love Linux. I’m very well versed in Arch Linux and I even went as far as to use the Linux from Scratch method to build my own customizable Arch based Linux distro. However I still use dual boot and keep my distro and Windows 11 on two separate hard drives. I use Windows for work due to certain software that isn’t compatible with Linux YET. However, I did find a way to debloat windows that doesn’t require you to log into an online Microsoft account, you can still get updates, and you can make windows 11 look and act like windows 10 (or even 7 in some ways) using hidden Microsoft code. I use it everyday and haven’t even used Linux in weeks because Windows finally feels fast and like a brand new PC.

[@Dominus4776]

You must be reading my mind. Last week I was thinking I needed to find a video on how to do this so I can try Linux

[@LironSegev]

We know everything 😜

[@lionelspencer-ward3527]

Watched the video, thought I'll subscribe to this! Looked at the button and found I'm already subscribed!!!😄😄😄😄

[@LironSegev]

Welcome back I guess 😂

[@christinewillis7545]

Thanks Liron. Love your podcast. I'm a dinosaur. Gonna do two things 1. Install a VM. 2. Install Windows 11. Will update the outcome.

[@shawnvines2514]

I love how I can call Linux commands from Windows through WSL and how I can call Windows executables from Linux through WSL.

[@Me_ThatsWho]

Yeeeees to how to get around Windows 11 minimum hardware requirements. This is what EVERYONE will be asking as we approach Win 10 EOL (10/25)

[@TheJason13]

you just press Shift+F10 to bring up the command prompt at the initial install screen. LTT has a video on this.

[@MegaLokopo]

Use both, Many things work better on linux, many things work better on windows.

[@peterschmidt9942]

Its easy enough to install any OS with most VMs, however it's the interaction between real machines and VMs thats the headache (i.e moving files between your machine to the VM). There's always extra steps in getting these up and running correctly.

[@dingokidneys]

It's actually really simple if you set up a network share and move your files that way.

[@peterschmidt9942]

@@dingokidneys Thanks. I'll look into it

[@kirjorjos]

After the first 5 seconds, I was half expecting a dualboot, but VM works as well if set up cleanly

[@pravinmarathe3838]

during install win 11 -- you did not talk about activation key. is not required for correct long term functioning of win11 ?

[@ManInTheAttic57]

Nice video thanks!

[@mymail8503]

thanks, spot on.

[@kelleydrake]

I would really like the Win 11 workaround for an older system.

[@TheJason13]

you just press Shift+F10 to bring up the command prompt at the initial install screen. LTT has a video on this.

[@woojah5819]

Request for video to skip hardware requirements please.

[@dingokidneys]

You don't need to do anything to install Win11 in a VirtualBox VM as the required hardware is emulated by VBox. That's how I got Win11 to run in VBox on a 3rd gen i5 without TPM.

[@exportkontrolle1390]

My PC health Check for win 11 did not pass. What is the workaround, please?

[@separk_sa2667]

Only custom win 11 iso works for older pc circa 2007 - 2014

[@kevinmcfarlane2752]

The workaround is pay for extended Windows 10 support, use Linux or buy a new PC or Mac.

[@kjetilhvalstrand1009]

MS is cutting support for win10, making win10 a virus incubator. And you can’t simply upgrade to win11, and hardware is ok for running anything, what do you do?

[@chrisschembari2486]

You might want to start playing with various Linux distributions now, so that you are not taken by surprise next year when the W10 deadline approaches. There are many distributions such as Linux Mint which do not require regular use of the command line interface (terminal).

[@sys_key32]

Simple, linux

[@kevinmcfarlane2752]

You can also pay for extended support. But they haven’t said how much it will cost for home users. Otherwise, the option is Linux.

[@wayneflint8077]

Yes, how do we do we run Win 11 on our older PC'S?

[@separk_sa2667]

@@wayneflint8077 only custom win 11 iso works on older pc circa 2007- 2014

[@horationelson57]

Dear Liron, I have a Win 10 which falls under the unsupported category for Win 11 installation. For upgrading to Windows 11, there's Win 11 Lite, then, Windows 11 LTSC. Which one is the least fallible for something to go wrong(including: security updates for Win 11)? My knowledge is intermediate in windows, but this is so baffling. Thank you so very, very much!! Cheers

[@dannyboy84]

My PC dosent support windows 11 but i would like to see a video on how to install it anyway

[@user-dz3ph7dl4m]

watching this video via a linux vm that is on linux

[@Kedvespatikus]

Linuxprn.

[@ninoobejero614]

What distro do you use for host and vm?

[@user-dz3ph7dl4m]

@@ninoobejero614 arch bare metal and endeavour on the vm - did have debian on the vm for a while but needed some newer packages - otherwise was doing the job

[@ninoobejero614]

@@user-dz3ph7dl4m ive only tried debian and have been using it daily for 5 months now. But i have to go on dual boot with windows 11 since i have low end laptop. So im wandering, what are those newer packages you needed that made you use arch base distro?

[@bobpeters61]

Just keep in mind that emulators in general tend to underperform the hardware on which they in turn run.

[@carlw]

Very cool thanks!!! 👍 I may have misunderstood something you mentioned at the beginning. I currently have Win10 on my MS Surface Pro5 which does not meet Win11 requirements. But using this VM method, I still can't use Win11 in a VM environment even by tweaking those hardware configurations? That's how I understood you. Please correct me if I misunderstood. Love all your videos BTW!!

[@dingokidneys]

Both VMWare and VirtualBox emulate the TPM so you don't need a real one. I have Win11 running in a VirtualBox VM on a 3rd gen i5 without a TPM and Win11 never once complained.

[@carlw]

​@@dingokidneys Cool thanks. 😀

[@kiwikeith7633]

I still have Windows-11 - it is on an SSD that is in a box, on a shelf down in the spare room. The case it came out of has a new SSD loaded with Mint - and I have never a regret.

[@PantherBlitz]

If a user installs a licensed with a key copy of Windows into a VM will Microsoft "lock" that key as being valid only with that VM or could it be later used to install on physical hardware later?

[@vanchi9044]

It is possible to reuse physical hardware, however, in the worst scenario, you will need to contact their support. In better cases, you just need to log in with your Microsoft account to the VM log in to that account to the new physical machine, and then perform the license reactivation process using the standard Windows setting menu.

[@bassmana2z686]

Thanks for the great content. Sub'd.🙂

[@LironSegev]

Appreciate you being here 🔥

[@ModrnDayMonk]

"A question. Since before your sun burned hot in space and before your race was born, I have awaited a [solution] ....😏👍

[@birdyblaze]

Just put linux on an external ssd if you wanna try it out especially if you plan to game.

[@AkivaB]

You can also dual-boot for a more authentic experience

[@hugoantunesartwithblender]

Great video, altought its even easier to try a distro witg a liveusb

[@LironSegev]

You don't really get a feel for it with a live boot. Yes you get to click around but you aren't going to install your apps and set up email etc. when you have a full install you get a much better feel for the os over a period of time.

[@MrPir84free]

Running a live distro does verify that certain hardware works that cannot be verified by a virtual machine. Granted, it's possible to pass thru some hardware, but a live USB is often better for testing things like WIFI cards, certain types of mice, keyboards, and of course things like a touch screen. It's also a great way to see if you can run a different version of the kernel as well. To make even live USB better, set up a ventoy disk and then you can pick and choose which live usb to try.. Some distros also will allow you to run the distro INSTALLED onto a USB flash or USB attached SSD . it's often best to completely remove the onboard SSD or disable it completely in the BIOS ( The drives internal to DELL"s can often be disabled completely within the BIOS ). Disable the drive or remove it, install completely to USB, and then re-enable the internal drive, and use whichever hotkey to select the boot drive ..

[@JemTheWire]

The VMWare [Windows version] download fails from the link you gave, unable to reach server. Checking Reddit it seems that the download has been broken for months. Is there an alternative download site that you would recommend please?

[@LironSegev]

Hmmm...you are right. Was working when I posted it. Try the other software in the meantime. I emailed them to let them know.

[@JemTheWire]

@@LironSegev Thank you very much.

[@hermanwooster8944]

@@LironSegev VMWare Player has been discontinued. VMWare WorkStation Pro and Fusion Pro are now being offered with a personal license pending registration with Broadcom (the new company that now owns VMWare).

[@mrmane2000]

I hate running Linux in a VM. I hate using windows. It feels very crippling. I've been using Linux (various distros) for almost 3 decades now. Exclusively for about 2 decades.

[@jackmarks4226]

i have tried to install android on vitrual machine but it never worked, any clue ?

[@humanevolutionmanifesto]

There's VMware Pro keys available on the internet to not be limited by the free version, or so I've heard 😉

[@mrtechie6810]

So sad it has come to this.

[@Exstingue_omnes_homines]

How can I use this information to dump Windows entirely? All my music and movie files are on external USB hard drives. I know I can export all my Bitwarden and Proton Pass password files. I have a 1 TB external USB drive that I have been trying to install Linux Mint to, with no success. I have a ASRock main board that doesn't support TPM.

[@dingokidneys]

If you're really ready to switch, buy a new SSD to replace your existing boot drive then back up the data that you want to pull over from the old boot drive to your external drive. Swap the new boot drive in and install your Linux. Keep the old one safe somewhere as backup. Depending on what it is you may be able to attach it via a SATA to USB3 adapter or an external NVME enclosure in the event that you need something else from it. If things go bad, you can always swap your old boot drive back in and you have a spare drive for additional internal/external storage. As for your existing Linux Mint on USB, have you tried using the BIOS boot menu to launch it? It won't boot automatically unless you've unplugged the internal boot drive.

[@powerdude_dk]

Probably a fine video for the average user, but me being new to the channel, I though the target audience for this video was the more tech savvie. I hoped for some obscure way of running windows on my Linux pc, that I didn't know of.

[@jimdandy8996]

Very cool Liron

[@balajisharathkumar9753]

windows is ultimate operating system i love it actually❤❣❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@DIGITAL_COOKING]

please ! how you do the red boxe animation in your video

[@BlueSun4886]

I usually set up separate computers with only Linux & leave 1 computer on Windows 10 & another on Windows 7 SP 1. I want to set up VirtualBox on the Windows 10 box & install Kali & Ubuntu .ISOs. I have used other hypervisors before, but never VirtualBox. Questions: 1. Can I move documents from the Windows underlying file system between Windows & one of the Linux documents directories? I already have 30 TB on the Windows machine. How do I do it? I think there is a setting in VB, but I don't know it. 2. I want to be able to mount an external USB SSD drive and a thumbdrive directly dedicated to my Kali Linux & the same to my Ubuntu. Can Kali & Ubuntu share the drives since they are both Debian children or do I need separate drives? What format should I format the external drives to & how do I mount it through VirtualBox? 3. If I already have a spare external non-SSD drive, how do I mount it to Linux on VB to use it for all of my storage - instead of allocating it on the C:/ drive. I need to be able to move content back and forth among the different operating system if at all possible.

[@BlueSun4886]

BTW, I'm watching this on a Raspberry Pi 5 running Kali booting directly from a 2 TB SSB with dual 43" 4k UHDTV monitors. Faster than my Windows 10 box...

[@Malte-Micha]

You can dual boot win11 and Ubuntu. There are some things that youll need a windows system. So the dual boot is the solution.

[@coolmind2476]

I use Microsoft inbuild WSL for Linux on Windows 10. Great for web development

[@datriaxsondor590]

Or just run either of them from a USB drive, without even having to reference each other. With USB 4 these days, transfer speed isn't even any issue anymore.

[@mnky75]

I ditched Win 10 for Linux, because Win 10 was killing my CPU. Linux just works better.

[@bruceharrip]

Does the operating system have to be installed on the C drive,Can it be on an external drive?

[@dingokidneys]

A USB drive is an external drive and there are loads of videos showing how to set up Linux (or Windows) on a USB stick. You may have to select the drive to boot from the BIOS boot menu though as sometimes it won't be picked up automatically. You could replace the USB stick with an SSD via USB3 for more space and so if you really liked it, you could just swap it into the chassis as your primary boot drive.

[@vincentnavea6999]

please do a video using win 11 on a non compliant pc. tnx

[@terrieterblans7027]

Microsoft has become Microshit.

[@pgmrdude]

Things never work for me the way I see them in videos. This is what I get when installing the win 11 iso after download (using the Oracle VM tool): Windows cannot read the setting from the unattended answer file

[@Marcelo-rj3ll]

Long live to Linux

[@PrazgreenStudios]

I like two SSDs to dual boot Windows and Linux with the Windows boot loader loading instead of GRUB because Windows is too unstable for GRUB.

[@laylasmart]

There's a big problem. Win 10 and 11 do not recognize the NVME ssd and an external driver is need, and after I managed to get this driver, the laptop gave me the blue screen of death. So I installed Windows 10 on external hard drive via USB to use as an OS that is loaded when the USB connected, and there's no sound. For some reason, the new laptops that comes with Windows 11, their motherboard drivers do not work on Windows 10. So I installed Zorin OS 17.1 (Ubuntu based) and everything works like magic. Easy installation, many software are pre installed, a HUGE list of software that can be installed for free, it is ready to take Windows third party software, no messing with the terminal and no AI Copilot and Recall. All Windows users. Check Zorin OS. You'll be surprise how much it feels like Windows.

[@asan1050]

SOL!

[@totzinfo]

just install Windows 11 23H2 or 24H2

[@laylasmart]

@@totzinfo No. Those Win 11 versions comes with a spyware named Copilot AI and Recall.

[@totzinfo]

@@laylasmart CoPilot AI is only an interpreter of ideas, creativeness and innovations but not a spyware, spyware can be detected by any high end spyware softwares but not the CoPilot AI

[@laylasmart]

@@totzinfo On the surface it is as you say, but it is a spyware.

[@gemini_man3322]

Did you say 16gig of ram was a must for Linux?

[@Dragemesteren]

No! The amount of ram needed depends on the Distro you pick. Some lightweight Linux Distros like Antix run perfectly with 1 GB of ram. If You are truly interested in trying Linux, there are loads of videos on beginner friendly Distros here on Yourtube. Try some and see what feels right for You.

[@MrPir84free]

No: Actually it will run on quite a bit less memory and ram. Generally if it could run a recent version of windows, it can generally run a version of linux. Almost every distro of linux usually has some published specs as to how much disk space, ram and cpu is needed.

[@dingokidneys]

The 16GB thing was for if you want to run several VMs at the same time so you have lots of room and some to spare for other things you're doing. I have a 4GB laptop that I can run a VirtualBox VM on quite comfortably.

[@dDoOyYoOuUtTuUbBeE]

Hyper-V?

[@user-cz9bl6jp8b]

Windows 11 ISO install keeps asking for a product key. It won't install without it. Is this normal?

[@oneminecraftperson]

In the setup screen?

[@theorca254]

What happens when windows crushes can we still access Linux or everything is gone

[@wshyangify]

Why not just use massgrave upgrade to Pro and turn on HyperV?

[@xgui4-studios]

vmware pro is now free , why have you should the limiting version one ?

[@LironSegev]

You can use any one you want.

[@rodolfoalvim]

is there a way to VirtualBox recognize my dedicaded gpu? or other VM who does it?

[@TheJason13]

you can't allocate a dedicated GPU to a VM except through QEMU/KVM in Linux with a LINUX OS and an AMD GPU. it won't work in Windows, and VirtualBox/VMWare won't do it either. the best you can get, performance-wise, is to install the guest tools for those 2. you CAN pass through a GPU in QEMU but you can't use both OSs at the same time.

[@erojohn2]

Need info on upgrading to win 11 when it say I can’t.

[@longlost8424]

why didn't you even mention hyper-v (the winders built in virtualization platform)? granted, I've taught virtualization (vmware & hyper-v) since 2010, although I've never been biased about the platforms..... it is still right there in the system....

[@efgeebe]

I wonder if anyone has made a version of windows, or modified one in the way android and graphene was made. Or, can you run a version of android on a Windows computer?

[@rlwings]

A virtual machine installation of Windows 11 will likely hinder the overall performance of the Window's 11 instalation thus making a comparison unrealistic and difficult. - Might help to evaluate the interface but won't show it's potential performance.

[@perryc6053]

I had to factory reset my laptop, it went all the way back to windows 7 with IE browser. It had Windows 11 before reset I've searched the hard drive its just gone. How do I get 11 back?

[@dodge3259]

I know it'll be hard, but there is a reason people say "SWITCH TO LINUX" - it's worth it.

[@Kedvespatikus]

- Why is your dog whining? - He sits on a thorn. - Then why doesn't he just stand up? - Well, it does not hurt him that much...

[@hitarthshah]

Dear Sir, I’m a new bee in Linux & would love to try one of the Distros BUT which supports secure boot. Please could you suggest / recommend.

[@spitfeueranna]

Download link for VMWare no longer seems to work. Is it still supported? You Browser Working Atlanta Cloudflare Working download3 vmware Host Error I've done all this in HyperV, I just need a VM that actually supports... audio.

[@tonyv3000]

I'm having the same problem. It might be that when channels like this publish free software links, their servers get overwhelmed and might be throttling traffic or not allow anymore freebies?

[@spitfeueranna]

@@tonyv3000 I copied the name of the ex ec file, and did a google search on it, found a different older link inside their server, and downloaded from that... an older version. After installing it and installing Linux Mint with it, it asked me if I wanted to upgrade... I said yes... and it wouldn't connect to the cloudfare upgrade link... so... just find an older version and make sure it's hosted on the actually vmware site, not some third party software site where it could be infected. Works great, and unlike Hyper-V, sound! Recording audio in Audacity doesn't seem to work for me though...

[@ladimpimp]

can you do the same for windows XP and 7, i was even thinking Windows 98, have multiple installs .

[@totzinfo]

Windows 11 24H2 XLite can now run as far year 2000 PC with 512 MB to 1GB RAM without problem and I already running it for almost a year from Windows 11 22H2, 23H2 and 24H2