I Let Claude Migrate Me From Windows to Linux in 3 Hours
cerlestes · reddit · 2026-09-06
A Reddit user shares how they used Claude to migrate from Windows to Linux entirely in the background, taking about 3 hours with minimal manual work.
- Planning: Discussed distro choice, hardware, and partitioning with Claude, which probed hardware details via dozens of PowerShell commands (including the Windows LDM mirrored RAID layout).
- App migration: Claude listed installed programs, checked compatibility (nearly all apps and games worked on Linux), and noted where each app's config lived on disk and in the registry.
- Install: The target drive was mounted as a block device into WSL; Claude wrote a script using a distro container to install the system with LUKS, then verified it via QEMU.
- Result: The machine booted straight into a fully set-up desktop mirroring the old Windows environment; after Claude fixed config paths (e.g., in VSCode), Firefox tabs, Thunderbird mail, and VSCode workspaces all carried over seamlessly.
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