None of the following would be possible without Linus Torvalds: thanks for starting Linux and Git! Thanks for maintaining the Linux kernel that primarily powers the Cloud and the Internet. And thank you for making it possible for PCs to be powered by that same kernel by upgrading to Linux to join the Cloud.

Think of this as a Linux Mint mirror with Windows to Linux migration-installation. Notice how this modified installer is completely separate from Linux Mint itself: which is why an installation of Linux Mint by this migration tool is no different than standard installation. It just also copies over your user files and configures them as Linux Mint would if you had originated them there. The post-install script, if run, just installs and configures things you could do yourself on Linux Mint (with files copied over from Windows), like browsers you had installed on Windows. The post-install script also offers to install some other things not included in Linux Mint install that may or may not have been on Windows (optional: Steam, duplicity backups, Zoom, Brave browser). Running post-install script or accepting a proposed option presented by post-install script is you choosing to add to or further embrace Linux Mint options (Steam is advertised during install but isn’t installed, Timeshift is installed but isn’t enabled).

The automatic partition screen of installer has been taken over by the migration tool – that’s where it’s found. Choose any other option and it’ll be just like the default installer as no changes have been made elsewhere – nothing will be migrated. Choose the automatic partition/erase entire disk, option and you won’t be able to proceed without selecting a copy drive in addition to an install drive for migration. One of the drives has to have Windows installed on it. The other has to be able to hold your user files alone or those files on Linux Mint. Do not proceed to install with this migration tool without carefully selecting both drives if you want to migrate something as you install Linux Mint. When you do proceed, the automatic partition action itself is no different. The gui interface was the only overlap and that small section of code is completely separate from actual automatic partition code which isn’t touched by migration code. Automatic partitioning just can’t be called anymore without migration parameters.

About seventy language options are supported by this migration-installation tool (less than installer). However, the post-install script added to main user home directory is only in English (even though it supports setting up non-English locales for those who selected a main system locale other than English in installation). The migration tool portion and post-install script will still work for those who choose a Linux Mint supported language that is not supported by Jackump.com, but migration related prompts and messages will be in English.

Clearly this Windows to Linux migration tool would not be possible without Linux Mint: thanks for maintaining a trustworthy installer and desktop OS for PCs!

Also, Linux Mint would not be possible without upstream project Ubuntu, so thanks Canonical for the foundational support to Linux Mint and Migrate PC, and for helping to maintain Linux and other projects of note. Likewise Ubuntu would not be possible without upstream project Debian, so thanks to Software in the Public Interest for the foundational support to Ubuntu and for helping to maintain Linux and other projects of note.

Thanks to The Document Foundation for maintaining the trustworthy LibreOffice office suite included in Linux Mint.

Thanks to Google, Microsoft, Mozilla Corporation, Brave Software, Vivaldi Technologies and Opera Norway for maintaining native Linux versions of the top Internet browsers.

Thanks to the renowned Australian computer programmer, Andrew Tridgell, for co-inventing, writing and maintaining rsync, which powers this Windows to Linux migration tool. Rsync also powers Timeshift and duplicity.

Thanks to Grok and Brave Search for helping make this Linux migration tool production stable for single Windows partition (standard for most Windows 10/11 users).

Thanks to Valve Corporation (Steam), Lutris, Protonup-rs, GE-Proton and CodeWeavers for maintaining the enhancements to Wine that enable thousands of Windows programs to run on Linux.

Thanks to Linux Mint for maintaining Timeshift for Linux system restore points. Thanks to duplicity for file back up and restore on Linux.

Thanks to Zoom Communications for maintaining native Linux versions of Zoom. Thanks to Matthew W. Thomas for maintaining mirrors and repositories for Zoom, making it easy to always have the latest Zoom updates on Linux.