Don't remove Windows - do this instead! 

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.

I don’t hate Windows. I hate Microsoft.

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.

Before you start Ubuntu in VirtualBox, you should go into setting, disk, (and if you have an SSD in the PC), check the box.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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!

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

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

You should make a video on Dual Booting, a Virtual Machine, even while using Xubuntu can lag a ton if you're doing anything important, speaking from experience.

Nice one Liron. Thanks

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).

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

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

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?

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?

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)

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

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!!

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

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?

Request for video to skip hardware requirements please.

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.

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

The video I'm looking for! Very helpful! I will be experimenting with Linux distros in the future and make the switch once Windows 10's support ends (probably purchase the cheapest Windows 365 subscription to have ESUs for free for another 3 years. Might cancel them to still receive ESUs. Copilot answered these questions for me😅 I made my plan to keep using Windows 10. Might make the switch to the IoT LTSC Enterprise 21H2 version to use until January 2032 to test and develop applications. Something worth trying. But it would be complicated to activate it (worth a try) and I'd use a user friendly Linux distro, which is open-source once that support runs out as well. I'd keep using my computer for very long time. Best to keep and use rather than throwing it away. Programs are going to work on Win 10 for 3-6 years. It should receive the same treatment as Windows 7). You should note that VM Ware Workstation Pro is free for all users. Sorry if I went off topic a little, but I also referred to your Windows 10 EOS video. A few corrections: Windows 10 may likely get driver updates after its EOL date, if the OEM wants to. But there is a catch: they only provide drivers if your device is in the list of specified devices for receiving driver updates. But I don't fully guarantee this, which is why I should be prepared for the foreseeable future and keep myself up-to-date with relevant documentation. As for program support, I already mentioned it to you that programs will work for another 3-6 years (depending on lifecycle support) and there's no need to panic about end of support. But I still appreciate the videos you make Liron and keep up with the great content you produce and I'm glad you're listening to people's issues and always provide a solution to their problems.

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

I need another Microsoft Office option, I don't want to mess with their 365 system programs. I ONLY use Microsoft Word and Microsoft Picture Manager, that's all I need right now, any suggestions for compatible software, preferably free. I've use MS 2007 for many years and that program does not work with Windows 10/11. Thanks

"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.

I have an old ssd drive that I use as a memory stick through a USB A. Can I just create a Linux system on that drive temporarily. I have an old Dell windows computer that is said not to be compatible with Windows 11.

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

thanks, spot on.

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

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?

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

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.

Hi, my hp eliteBook 2570 doesn't meet windows 11 installation requirement. Intel inside Core i7 vPro. Ram: 8GB. Please help

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

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)

Nice video thanks!

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?

Very cool Liron

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

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.

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

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

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

the link on the VMWare fails after clicking download (from their page) could you provide another link? Connection timed out

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

Thanks!

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

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

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.

Do you need to purchase a Windows license to create a Windows VM? Example: Installing a Windows 11 VM on a Linux computer- do I need to own a separate Windows 11 license? What if I want to create multiple Windows 11 VMs?

Hyper-V?

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

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....

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.

watching this video via a linux vm that is on linux

Instead of running linux in a VM (whhich isone possibillliity), ou can also turn your computer in a "dual boot" machine and choose between both OS at boot time ... Ihad linux long before newer windows versions. My first linux was based on kenell 0...98PL4 (it was an early SLS distribution) and ran a dual boot sstem with DOS with Windows3 and llinux. on a hharddisk with about 100 b capacity. This disk capacity is nowadays not adaequate for either operating system .... The easiiest way to run linux in a VM on Windows is to just install a linux distribution from Microsoft app store. That is running in HyperV (the Microsoft VM) and shoulld be much easier to setup. There ae different ditributions avaiablle.

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

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

The reality for many users is they have software that's only available on windows / mac and doesn't run properly on wine, bottles etc. For that reason I have both Win 11 and Linux.

Long live to Linux

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

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.

Does Linux ubuntu need web or antivirus security

i have had no prob with win 11

Great video. I've been thinking about trying linux. Q's: To play around with the 2nd system once installed do you first launch the VM then have a system to select? Are you in VM software when you download an operating system to install? If not, how do you get the download to the VM software. I assume you cannot move files from your primary operating system to the 2nd system. True? This is why I asked the previous Q. Did I notice you moved between the primary operating system and the 2nd system? Thanks.

I prefer zVM from IBM. Been using it since 1980

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

ANY VM macine REQUIRES a lot of resources out of the host computer, so we are talking about serious ones of the harbouring PC!😮

Let's go 😀

You should show how to install MacOS also 😉

Switch to linux .. Uhm actual i wanted to do this .. Then I noticed that it is not installing on NTFS .. Yeah you can mount disks for it but a mounted disk is slower than it should be .. I have studio running on the PC so it snot done for me .. Next time i buy an Apple for music studio .. Problem solved! So Linux has no Kernel driver for the most used disk sytem ? Thats realy bad imo ..

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! 😃

I'm chronic gamer... Windows is a necessary evil ATM... Linux is for my Steam Deck only...

I did rounded windows 11

I've been using Linus since puppy came out

I thought you were already going to make a dual boOt

Yes please i would like to see win11 installed on non qualifying computer ( really simply explained if possible ) thanks.

Instead just dual boot. Better than VM for better performance.

Yeah...don't do this; have Windows 10 ANYWHERE on your Computer. Period. Don't "Dual-Boot it, don't use it at all - for anything - Ever. If you don't know how to properly Install an OS on a PC (like most Windows users), then use "Linux Mint Cinnamon" and NEVER use the Latest 'Distribution but rather the 2nd or 3rd Latest. You'll need to learn how to use your 'Terminal' 'App' to run the occasional Command Line but that's all very easy and somewhat interesting.

Linux is awesome but it's so complicated especially with few software and installing its dependencies.