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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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Possible to Transfer Windows 11 Key to Virtual Machine? (lemmy.world)

submitted 20 hours ago by Cold_Brew_Enema@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Hey everyone,

I am trying to set up a VM on my Linux Mint pc for Windows 11. I already have the pc dual boot linux and Windows. My goal is to set up a Windows 11 VM and then delete Windows partition from my pc. I don't want to dual boot into windows anymore, but I need it for a few applications.

Is there a way to get the key I already bought and use it for the VM I am going to set up?

Side note, what VM software do you recommend? VirtualBox seems popular, but would like some advice.

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[–] dinckelman@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

You can keep your existing partition, and just mount the disk in a libvirt/qemu on kvm setup. Here is a good place to start

[–] Cold_Brew_Enema@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I'm still pretty new to linux. I am using Linux Mint. Is this pretty easy to setup?

[–] dinckelman@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago

If you know how to use VB, using Virtmanager wouldn't be too different. You'll have to find how these are packaged for your distribution, but the instructions for everything else on the wiki will be helpful regardless of the distro