Install Linux Mint on a Windows Computer

A step-by-step guide for Windows 10 owners who want to move a computer to Linux Mint 22.3: copy your files, write a USB stick, start the computer from it, clear the four settings that can block it (Fast Boot, Secure Boot, the disk mode and BitLocker), try the live session, install, and sign in. It includes boot-menu and setup keys for Dell, HP, Lenovo, Acer and ASUS, the 2026 change in Microsoft's Secure Boot certificates, and screens captured from a real installation. Readers can find the web edition at linuxhello.org/install.html.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Published
2026-10-24
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23619170
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Open Source Software Innovations
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Install Linux Mint on a Windows Computer

Tom Adelstein
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Open Source Software Innovations
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Install Linux Mint on a Windows Computer

Tom Adelstein
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Abstract

A step-by-step guide for Windows 10 owners who want to move a computer to Linux Mint 22.3: copy your files, write a USB stick, start the computer from it, clear the four settings that can block it (Fast Boot, Secure Boot, the disk mode and BitLocker), try the live session, install, and sign in. It includes boot-menu and setup keys for Dell, HP, Lenovo, Acer and ASUS, the 2026 change in Microsoft's Secure Boot certificates, and screens captured from a real installation. Readers can find the web edition at linuxhello.org/install.html.

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