Windows 10 to Ubuntu

Mikeni77 · 13 May 2025 at 11:50

Hi All.

i have a windows 10 laptop that can't be upgraded to windows 11. I have downloaded Ubuntu24.04 LTS from ubuntu.com, but windows flagged the disc image file as from an unknown source. Is this typical for windows or have I downloaded from the wrong source?

thanks.

Mike

Throrik · 13 May 2025 at 12:28

Sounds about right for Windows in general - as long as it's from ubuntu.com and the checksum/sha matches what Ubuntu provide you'll be fine.

yashiro · 29 May 2025 at 11:35

Code:

d7fe3d6a0419667d2f8eff12796996328daa2d4f90cd9f87aa9371b362f987bf *ubuntu-24.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso

Open Windows powershell in the folder with the iso (or correct the path, obv).

Code:

Get-FileHash ubuntu-24.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso

SHA256 code should match.

biron_w · Tuesday at 09:51

Microsoft really don't like you using another OS so it doesn't surprise me that that message pops up. It'll be to try and turn you off installing Linux.