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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Should there be something that installs Linux to disk directly from Windows? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by testman@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Would it be possible to lower barrier to entry that low?
To the point where installing some Linux distro would be as easy as installing a game on Steam or installing an application on a phone?
There is existing software for installing Linux from Windows.
For example, old WUBI for installing Ubuntu, and linixify-gui (fork of abandoned tunic) apparently does this as well.

So question is, should there be some effort put into making a modern installer of this kind? Something that even the person with the smoothest brain can use to get Linux on their PC?

Are there any existing projects that try to make this happen?

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[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

There are reasons this hasn't been done before.

There are a lot of things you're not considering. You'd need to potentially re-partition a live mounted window disk(s) to create space for a Linux partition which will fail spectacularly. Or install over a running Windows system which will also fail very quickly.

Also - there are many tools that make it easy to create a live USB drive that one can boot from to get a taste of Linux in a way that is non-destructive and optionally install Linux.

[–] ian@feddit.uk 1 points 1 day ago

WUBI did it really well. It got a lot of people on to Linux.

It has been done before despite reasons.

[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

We used to do this all the time.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

Do what?