1-Click Linux

Install Linux without USB or digging through settings. Download a single file and watch your computer safely¹ reboot into the Linux installer. Legacy and modern hardware all supported².

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While heavily tested, malfunction can never be ruled out. Read the refunds policy and make a backup first.
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No refunds: once you start downloading the file, it is over. No turning back.
If you made a mistake and you are certain you have not started downloading anything yet, email support@1clicklinux.org from your payment email (very important: otherwise you will get ignored) so that we can arrange something.

However, you can contact support for real-time assistance during European daytime. With each purchase you get one support case, and we help you as much as we can.

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Limitations

• I cannot magically restore anything that has been deleted. Back up all files, documents, photos and music you care about, before installation. This type of software might hang, crash, or permanently damage your hardware. That does not mean it never works. It works perfectly fine for me.
• Only two software distributions (distros) are currently supported: ZorinOS Core and Linux Mint Cinnamon Edition, and only specific versions. Other variants and other Ubuntu-based systems might or might not work, but you are on your own. If you know how to make your favourite distro work, send me an email.
• These distros obviously have their respective minimum hardware requirements. Last time I checked, it was around ~20 GiB free disk (100 GiB recommended) and ~2 GiB RAM (6 GiB recommended). Check their documentation to be sure.
• Because the new system needs to be installed on your disk from somewhere, the 'installation disk image' file needs to be either:
  • on a disk, but a different one, or in some safe place that will not be affected by the installation itself
  • in RAM (if you have roughly 6 GiB or more)
  • hot-downloaded on demand piece-by-piece ('paged in') from the network
  Networks in general are unreliable, and wireless ones even more so. 'Network boot' is very experimental and any interrupted connection can lead to a broken installation.
• 'Network boot' over Wi-Fi is very limited and only provided as a last resort. While it does work for full disk installation, the live demo system has no Internet access (DNS). Workaround: if you must have Internet and absolutely must use wireless network boot, you can open a terminal and type sudo dhcpcd wlp1s0 (wlp1s0 may be different on your computer, try typing ip link first to see what your interface name is). If you have ideas how to fix it, send me an email.

Q&A

Q: How to install Linux without USB?

A: USB installation used to be recommended, but not anymore. The easiest way currently is to use a dedicated USB-less Linux installer like 1-Click Linux.

Q: Who is 1-Click Linux for?

A: 1-Click Linux is for Windows users who want to install Linux, but don't have external storage and don't want to buy a USB.

Q: Why should I use it?

A: Windows is getting worse and worse, but quitting is difficult. 1-Click Linux makes it as simple as it can probably get.

Q: Can I keep Windows?

A: Yes, it's called dual boot and the recommended distros support it. If you are not sure whether to keep it, keep it.

Q: Is this a WUBI reboot? LICK reboot? Is this ULLI?

A: Yes, and it goes even further: the system actually installs on a disk partition.

Q: I love this! Where can I get this?

A: You can buy it here.

Q: How do I know when the beta or the official release comes?

A: Sign up for the newsletter. Never sending junk - unsubscribe any time.

Q: Why should I pay for this? Isn't Linux free?

A: Because I worked hard to make this installer and paid for this website. You are still free to install Linux your way. Especially if you currently use Windows, which cost >$100 USD³, you might as well pay me some minor amount. I want to eat too.

Q: If I need to pay, can I get something for spreading the word?

A: YES! Once you buy it, you get a referral code to share with others. They get a discount, and you earn.⁴

Q: Can I (or someone else) review the source code? What is the license?

A: However commercial, this is libre software. You get the source with the binaries, and you can experiment with it however you please, provided you adhere to the GPLv3. This means you can also sell your modifications to me!

Q: How does this software protect my privacy?

A: It only makes network connections when explicitly asked for it, and never collects any data whatsoever. You can uninstall it any time by running the downloaded binary and choosing the option.

Q: What distros will be supported?

A: For now I only want to support two distros, Zorin Core and Linux Mint Cinnamon Edition, and only the latest version at any given time. Feature requests welcome! Any Ubuntu-based distro can be added relatively easily (their casper installer cooperates pretty well), but I will have to find something more generic for other distros.

Q: [your question here! email us]

1. ^{^} Best-effort support. See the refunds policy.
2. ^{^} Tested with both Legacy BIOS and UEFI, even with Secure Boot.
3. ^{^} Source: The official website to buy Windows (the cheaper edition). No, not a single Windows copy was ever a free extra; unless you want to tell me something...
4. ^{^} I hope you appreciate that I want to share my success. Why is handling money so complicated?

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