Switching from W10 to Linux

[yoyo57]

My old pcs are not W11 compatible. One option I am considering is going to Linux.
Has anybody had any experience with installing ConvertX suite on LInux?

[Cougar_II]

Hello bud,

I have never seen nor used Linux…

Does it have a gui like Windows &run Windows’ programs ?

Using a Virtual Machine would be great environment to test that

Keep us posted if you try stuff, sure other people on here would be curious !

[Friend1982]

[quote=yoyo57 post_id=112296 time=1749780415 user_id=116353]
My old pcs are not W11 compatible. One option I am considering is going to Linux.
Has anybody had any experience with installing ConvertX suite on LInux?
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Hello Yoyo,

unfortunately there are no Linux versions of ConvertX programs given so the only way to install and run these is to emulate the Windows environment. And that means also performance decreasing due to the emulation.

You wrote that your pc's are "old". If old means lower system performance I wouldn't choose that way.

But you can install/upgrade your pc's to Windows 11 although they aren't officially compatible according to Microsoft:

Use the freeware tool Rufus to create a Windows 11 setup USB drive (due to the process in Rufus you can set options to bypass TPM or CPU restrictions while Windows setup).

Maybe this is useful for you.

[dbminter]

CXD might run in a Windows emulator on Linux. I believe there's one called Wine?

[Cougar_II]

CXD might run in a Windows emulator on Linux. I believe there's one called Wine?

https://www.winehq.org/

Some older versions seems to have worked !

https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager ... n&iId=4183

[yoyo57]

Thanks.

Using Linux Mint and Wine on a too old for W11 64 bit pc. (CPU i7-4510U CPU @ 2.00GHz RAM 16gb ddr3)

Tried Convertxtodvd 64bit and Convertxtovideo, but Wine does not seem to support them, error message Haswell Vulcan Support Incomplete. And apps crash when try and open.

I will be sticking with W10 for now, possibly later W11 rufus

[Friend1982]

But all released Convertx programs should be working on Windows 10.

Or do you have any problems?

[yoyo57]

Hi Thanks all OK with VSO
My post was simply "My old pcs are not W11 compatible. One option I am considering is going to Linux.
Has anybody had any experience with installing ConvertX suite on LInux?"

Yes the VSO programs are excellent and work very well and as intended on Windows 10 and 11