# Installing Linux on a mini PC?

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/installing-linux-on-a-mini-pc/35427
**Category:** Questions
**Created:** 2026-02-12T15:06:16Z
**Posts:** 28
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## Post 22 by @seize — 2026-02-13T11:55:56Z

For more context Linux mint is not recommended by Privacy Guides because it does not meet the minimum criteria, namely providing a stable Wayland desktop environment.

References:

- [Previous forum discussion](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/why-isnt-linux-mint-recommended/32042/43)
- [Linux distro criteria](https://www.privacyguides.org/en/desktop/#criteria)
- [Debian Wiki: SecureBoot](https://wiki.debian.org/SecureBoot)

P.S.

In the last half decade or so the few Linux distributions that I have encountered that didn’t support secure boot were Qubes OS, and Arch Linux derivatives.

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