Win2Linux Migrator 🐧➡️🏠

Modern GUI-based migration toolkit for moving from Windows to Linux with minimal setup and maximum convenience.

This project consists of two applications:

• Win2Linux Migrator → Creates a migration/export package on Windows
• Linux2Home Importer → Imports and restores the package on Linux

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🖼️ Screenshots

Windows Enviroment: Linux Enviroment:

✨ Features

📁 File Migration

Transfer your important folders easily:

• Desktop
• Documents
• Downloads
• Music
• Pictures
• Videos
• Custom folders

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📦 Installed Program Detection

Automatically scans installed Windows applications and suggests Linux alternatives.

Examples:

• Microsoft Office → LibreOffice
• Photoshop → GIMP
• Visual Studio → VS Code / JetBrains
• Discord → Discord
• Steam → Steam

Also generates ready-to-use Linux package manager install commands.

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🌐 Browser Migration

Supports browser profile importing for:

• Google Chrome
• Firefox
• Microsoft Edge
• Brave

Transfer:

• bookmarks
• profiles
• user data
• browser settings

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⚙️ System Configuration Migration

Move important configs including:

• .ssh
• .gitconfig
• VSCode settings
• environment variables
• hosts file

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🐧 Linux Package Manager Support

Automatically detects:

• apt
• dnf
• pacman
• zypper
• flatpak

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🖼️ Interface

Modern dark-themed GUI built with CustomTkinter.

Features:

• Sidebar navigation
• Scrollable views
• Modern card UI
• Package summary
• Installation command generator
• Status indicators
• Multi-page workflow

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📦 Project Structure

project/
│
├── win2linux.py      # Windows exporter
├── linux2home.py     # Linux importer
│
└── generated_package/
    ├── files/
    ├── browser/
    ├── config/
    └── programs.json

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🚀 Installation

Requirements

• Python 3.10+
• pip

Install Dependencies

pip install customtkinter psutil

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🪟 Windows Side

Run

python win2linux.py

What It Can Do

✅ Select files and folders ✅ Scan installed applications ✅ Suggest Linux alternatives ✅ Export browser data ✅ Export system configs ✅ Create ZIP migration package

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🐧 Linux Side

Run

python linux2home.py

What It Can Do

✅ Open migration ZIP package ✅ Restore files into home directory ✅ Import browser profiles ✅ Apply system configurations ✅ Generate Linux install commands

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📦 Example Workflow

1️⃣ Create Export Package on Windows

python win2linux.py

Generated output:

W2L_Migration/
└── W2L_2026-05-08.zip

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2️⃣ Transfer ZIP to Linux

Move it using:

• USB drive
• local network
• cloud storage

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3️⃣ Import on Linux

python linux2home.py

Select the ZIP package and start migration.

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🧠 Smart Program Matching

The application scans Windows registry entries and intelligently matches Linux alternatives.

Example:

"photoshop" -> ("GIMP", "gimp", "Powerful image editor")

Supports:

• Office tools
• Browsers
• IDEs
• Gaming launchers
• VPN clients
• Security software
• Media tools
• CAD software
• Development tools
• System utilities

Includes 100+ application mappings.

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🔐 Privacy & Security

• Fully local operation
• No cloud upload
• No telemetry
• Offline migration supported
• ZIP packages transferred manually

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🛠️ Technologies Used

• Python
• CustomTkinter
• Tkinter
• pathlib
• threading
• shutil
• zipfile
• Windows Registry API (winreg)

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📌 Supported Platforms

Platform	Supported
Windows 10	✅
Windows 11	✅
Ubuntu	✅
Fedora	✅
Arch Linux	✅
openSUSE	✅

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⚠️ Notes

• Some Windows applications may not have Linux alternatives
• Certain anti-cheat games may not work on Linux
• Browser importing requires the target browser to be installed

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🔮 Future Plans

• Wine/Proton integration
• Automatic Flatpak fallback
• Migration profiles
• Cloud sync
• Delta migration
• Package verification system
• Multi-user support
• AppImage export support

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🤝 Contributing

Pull requests and suggestions are welcome.

git clone <repo>

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📜 License

MIT License

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👨‍💻 Developer

Atilla Tokmak GitHub