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Linux Mint a PITA to install on Win 11
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this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2025
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It takes some doing, but you can live boot windows from a USB drive for those rare instances you need it. You can also just install it to a VM inside Linux (also not easy). But honestly these days the times where you'll NEED Windows are few and far between (and getting fewer and farther).
For the record, installing Windows in a VM and getting it to work can be a real pain in the ass. Just a little warning: don't expect VM-Windows to be easy!
Why is it hard? It used to be real easy to run in a VM. I am running windows 11 in docker and it was easy, maybe consider that?
True, I edited my comment. I personally recommend the USB method (or if you have easy access to the internals- just swapping out an SSD).
That's probably the better (but more complicated) solution.