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<blockquote data-quote="shmu26" data-source="post: 853500" data-attributes="member: 37647">What you call &quot;mounting&quot; is usually called running a virtual machine. Yes, you can do it, but is not the recommended way to go about&nbsp; your daily computer tasks, because it is more complicated than necessary, and uses a lot of computer resources.As for installing Linux on your hard disk, yes, you almost certainly can do it, because almost all computers capable of running Windows are capable of running Linux.But here I must gently disagree with our dear colleague [USER=82776]@Lenny_Linux[/USER], and recommend that you not choose Manjaro as your first Linux distro. People often recommend Linux Mint as a good place to start, and I tend to agree with that.By the way, you don&#039;t have to choose between Windows and Linux. You can set up a dual-boot, which means that you can choose which operating system you want to use at any particular time. However, dual-boot can be fickle to set up, and sometimes you need to fix the boot mechanism, too. So try to avoid it if possible.PS If you are just concerned about security, there is plenty of advice on this forum on how to make Windows 10 more secure. Most people have other reasons for switching to Linux.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="shmu26, post: 853500, member: 37647"] What you call "mounting" is usually called running a virtual machine. Yes, you can do it, but is not the recommended way to go about your daily computer tasks, because it is more complicated than necessary, and uses a lot of computer resources. As for installing Linux on your hard disk, yes, you almost certainly can do it, because almost all computers capable of running Windows are capable of running Linux. But here I must gently disagree with our dear colleague [USER=82776]@Lenny_Linux[/USER], and recommend that you not choose Manjaro as your first Linux distro. People often recommend Linux Mint as a good place to start, and I tend to agree with that. By the way, you don't have to choose between Windows and Linux. You can set up a dual-boot, which means that you can choose which operating system you want to use at any particular time. However, dual-boot can be fickle to set up, and sometimes you need to fix the boot mechanism, too. So try to avoid it if possible. PS If you are just concerned about security, there is plenty of advice on this forum on how to make Windows 10 more secure. Most people have other reasons for switching to Linux. [/QUOTE]

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