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Anyone know where I can buy a gaming PC with linux preinstalled instead of windows?
Pretty much all modern Linux installers offer to wipe the existing drive and overwrite. Just prepare a USB drive and boot from it, then follow the steps in the wizard.
Create bootable media - Linux Mint
Always remember to disable secureboot and remove bitlocker before installing linux on a oem windows machine. They make it hell to remove that malware from newer machines.
Bitlocker doesn't mean anything when you delete its partition.
I would recommend keeping secure boot enabled if your OS supports it, and manually enrolling the key if it doesn't. Boot chain attacks are a real concern.
Some linux installers will refuse to erase the bitlocker partition automatically. Then you have to manually erase it before running the installer.