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.
@@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?
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.
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.
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).
@@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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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 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.
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)
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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! 😃
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 🔥
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.
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!!
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.
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.
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.
"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.
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
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.
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?
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).
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.
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.
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 ..
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.
@@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
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.
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...
@@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
@@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?
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.
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.
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?
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.
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
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.
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....
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
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.
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.
I have used most the major operating systems over the years (including Unix variants like Ultrix, BSD, AIX, OSF1 and System V etc). They've ALL got things to recommend them and none is/was better than the others right across the board; they all have strengths and weaknesses and each one is more suitable for some kinds of uses/users than others. Anyone who tells you different is probably trying to sell you something, or is motivated by tech-religion.
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 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).
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?
There are options to getting a license for each. Option 1: rebuild your image of Windows 11 every now and then, like every 90 days. Option 2: get a license for each. Option 3: Re-ARM your build usually from an administrative command prompt using something like cscript slmgr.vbs -rearm ; Re-arming the timer will only work for so long; Do yourself a favor after you build your machine; take a snapshot, let the timer run out, re-arm till it no longer works, then revert back to your snapshot, re-arm, and you're once again working. Option 4: Never used this: it might work, it might not; there's a rebuild function within WIndows where you re-install windows - it should also bring it to a freshly armed state as well. A Windows license- if you need it, well, look around and apparently some sites will advertise licenses for as little as $20 or so.
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.
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.
VM's are usually garbage.
I don’t hate Windows. I hate Microsoft.
Why?
@@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?
@@alanmusicman3385 Not to mention Windows Recall is a privacy nightmare.
@@TechnoMinded-qp5in
Why is privacy so important? Is privacy that important?
@@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?
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.
When did Win 7 support end? Cause I'm still using it.
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.
Uma boa ideia. Acho melhor do que usar VM.
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).
@@rpersen It works well for me, and I continue to boot this way today, cheers
This seems pretty useful and would like to give it a try, what's the difference between doing this and dual booting?
@@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.
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.
Keep in ind, that llinux running from a sllow mediumlike USB Stick may be much slower than running it from harrddisk or SSD ...
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
@@deniswauchope3788 XP! Thats the last OS that _I_ liked. 🙂
try what I use for more than 15 years: biglinux OS, change idiom at page's bottom right
@@fernandorubinski9526 Thanks for the suggestion, I'll give it a try!
Use both, Many things work better on linux, many things work better on windows.
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 just keep the Windows SSD and install Linux in another SSD. I can switch by restarting and picking the one I want.
I'm using dual boot mode for decades. That way I can enjoy the best of two worlds. I love it. 🙂❤💯👍
Same bro I'm currently dual boot ubuntu and windows 11
Please a video on getting around Windows Minimum Requirements for Windows 11, Thank you very much!
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
It would still be nice to see a video doing so.
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 .
@@edwardmacnab354 and when support ends?
@@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.
I love Gnome Boxes, I use it to run Windows and Linux. It is great to run Tiny11 and all the other Windows mods.
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)
Great video. I've been using VirtualBox for years.
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?
@@Zendukai Sorry, not an expert. I also have a small window.
@@Zendukai enable-full-screen-virtualbox-ubuntu
You're awesome Liron. Your knowledge and expertise is invaluable to us older viewers. Cheers from Australia.
this actually makes me feel excited and more at ease to try linux!
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.
I use VMs regularly but it's usually to run Linux in Linux. No Windows here.
this is the way
KVM is great for distrohopping and previewing the distro's capabilities.
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.
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).
Finally someone who is clear in speech
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)
you just press Shift+F10 to bring up the command prompt at the initial install screen. LTT has a video on this.
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.
I love VMs, handy for testing out OS and programs that you don't want touching your system
I left Windows during COVID. I'm exclusively Linux. Never looked back.
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.
It's actually really simple if you set up a network share and move your files that way.
@@dingokidneys Thanks. I'll look into it
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.
Some of us need to edit video files from both sides
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.
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! 😃
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 🔥
@@LironSegev Understood. Thank you for your videos.
Yes can you do a video on how to get around doesn't meet mim requirements . Thanks
you just press Shift+F10 to bring up the command prompt at the initial install screen. LTT has a video on this.
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.
windows is ultimate operating system i love it actually❤❣❤❤❤❤❤❤
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!!
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.
@@dingokidneys Cool thanks. 😀
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.
YES!!! Please make a video on how to install Windows 11 on a non qualifying old Windows 10.
Definitely! Please.
you just press Shift+F10 to bring up the command prompt at the initial install screen. LTT has a video on this.
@@floridabelle you just press Shift+F10 to bring up the command prompt at the initial install screen. LTT has a video on this.
@@TheJason13 Thanks. I'll look into it.
Is LTT Linus Tech Tips?
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.
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
We know everything 😜
After the first 5 seconds, I was half expecting a dualboot, but VM works as well if set up cleanly
suggesting certain OSes, promoting certain OSes, commenting about certain OSes... IS NOT FORCING ANYONE TO DO A F-ING THING!
I ditched Win 10 for Linux, because Win 10 was killing my CPU. Linux just works better.
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.
Watched the video, thought I'll subscribe to this!
Looked at the button and found I'm already subscribed!!!😄😄😄😄
Welcome back I guess 😂
"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.
Glad someone got it 😜
I love how I can call Linux commands from Windows through WSL and how I can call Windows executables from Linux through WSL.
Nice one Liron. Thanks
Yes please i would like to see win11 installed on non qualifying computer ( really simply explained if possible ) thanks.
you just press Shift+F10 to bring up the command prompt at the initial install screen. LTT has a video on this.
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
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.
You can also dual-boot for a more authentic experience
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?
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).
Simple, linux
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.
Request for video to skip hardware requirements please.
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.
Great video, altought its even easier to try a distro witg a liveusb
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.
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 ..
I would really like the Win 11 workaround for an older system.
you just press Shift+F10 to bring up the command prompt at the initial install screen. LTT has a video on this.
I know it'll be hard, but there is a reason people say "SWITCH TO LINUX" - it's worth it.
- 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...
Just put linux on an external ssd if you wanna try it out especially if you plan to game.
So sad it has come to this.
Nice video thanks!
You can dual boot win11 and Ubuntu. There are some things that youll need a windows system. So the dual boot is the solution.
thanks, spot on.
I use Microsoft inbuild WSL for Linux on Windows 10. Great for web development
Yes, how do we do we run Win 11 on our older PC'S?
@@wayneflint8077 only custom win 11 iso works on older pc circa 2007- 2014
Very cool Liron
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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.
SOL!
just install Windows 11 23H2 or 24H2
@@totzinfo
No. Those Win 11 versions comes with a spyware named Copilot AI and Recall.
@@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
@@totzinfo
On the surface it is as you say, but it is a spyware.
during install win 11 -- you did not talk about activation key. is not required for correct long term functioning of win11 ?
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.
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...
watching this video via a linux vm that is on linux
Linuxprn.
What distro do you use for host and vm?
@@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
@@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?
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.
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.
There's VMware Pro keys available on the internet to not be limited by the free version, or so I've heard 😉
My PC health Check for win 11 did not pass. What is the workaround, please?
Only custom win 11 iso works for older pc circa 2007 - 2014
The workaround is pay for extended Windows 10 support, use Linux or buy a new PC or Mac.
My PC dosent support windows 11 but i would like to see a video on how to install it anyway
Long live to Linux
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?
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.
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.
Just keep in mind that emulators in general tend to underperform the hardware on which they in turn run.
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
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.
"A question. Since before your sun burned hot in space and before your race was born, I have awaited a [solution] ....😏👍
I'm chronic gamer... Windows is a necessary evil ATM... Linux is for my Steam Deck only...
Lutris and Steam's Proton have solved virtually all gaming problems for me - try a dual boot with Zorin or Mint for a bit - you probably won't go back
I still prefer Windows 7 ultimate
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....
I've been using Linus since puppy came out
I prefer zVM from IBM. Been using it since 1980
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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
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.
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.
i have tried to install android on vitrual machine but it never worked, any clue ?
I have used most the major operating systems over the years (including Unix variants like Ultrix, BSD, AIX, OSF1 and System V etc). They've ALL got things to recommend them and none is/was better than the others right across the board; they all have strengths and weaknesses and each one is more suitable for some kinds of uses/users than others. Anyone who tells you different is probably trying to sell you something, or is motivated by tech-religion.
Nailed it. We all use our computers differently and what works for some may not work for you.
Hyper-V?
please do a video using win 11 on a non compliant pc. tnx
Removed windows 1 year ago and very happy about. Running Ubuntu and do all the job for my home needs without Microsoft stupidity
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?
Hmmm...you are right. Was working when I posted it. Try the other software in the meantime. I emailed them to let them know.
@@LironSegev Thank you very much.
@@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).
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?
Each copy of Windows needs a license - at least if you don't wanna cross the red line. True for VMs as well.
Yes.
There are options to getting a license for each. Option 1: rebuild your image of Windows 11 every now and then, like every 90 days. Option 2: get a license for each. Option 3: Re-ARM your build usually from an administrative command prompt using something like cscript slmgr.vbs -rearm ; Re-arming the timer will only work for so long; Do yourself a favor after you build your machine; take a snapshot, let the timer run out, re-arm till it no longer works, then revert back to your snapshot, re-arm, and you're once again working.
Option 4: Never used this: it might work, it might not; there's a rebuild function within WIndows where you re-install windows - it should also bring it to a freshly armed state as well.
A Windows license- if you need it, well, look around and apparently some sites will advertise licenses for as little as $20 or so.
Thanks to all for the helpful feedback and suggestions
Instead just dual boot. Better than VM for better performance.
The best Linux for Windows users to migrate to is Zorin os.
You should show how to install MacOS also 😉
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.
Windows 11 ISO install keeps asking for a product key. It won't install without it. Is this normal?
In the setup screen?