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Old 11-10-2019, 02:49 PM   #1
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Enquiry to find out if you can run Windows on mint

Hello can you run windows 8 from mint
 
Old 11-10-2019, 03:35 PM   #2
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You can install Windows on a virtual machine like Virtual Box and install and run it. Is that what you mean?
 
Old 11-10-2019, 03:49 PM   #3
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Other than virtual software mentioned above, you 'may' be able to run 'some' some windows applications using wine software or playonlinux software. Doing an online search should get you a lot of sites with explanations.
 
Old 11-10-2019, 08:35 PM   #4
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I'm running a licensed copy of Windows 8 in a Virtualbox virtual machine on Ubuntu MATE as we speak. It works quite nicely.
 
  


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