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@thebluemarble @PurpleJillybeans Live USB images were how I dipped my toes into Linux and built my understanding of what was possible with the OS. Based on my own experience, I always suggest newbies learn to use BalenaEtcher and explore a few different distros. It’s fascinating to look at a distro like TAILS and see the variety of ways in which your device is screaming its identity across the web, even as compared to Ubuntu. 4 comments
@eccentric_econ @thebluemarble @PurpleJillybeans I was making a live USB recently and went back to my old trusted Universal USB/Linux Installer (I forget which one goes in the middle), and I was very impressed. It now installs a barebones system in the stick and you can simply copy a bunch of ISOs in the data partition. On boot up, you can select the OS you want to try. And you no longer need to reburn the stick. I think it's a great tool for anyone who wants to try several distros. @thylacoleo @thebluemarble @PurpleJillybeans If you’re talking about the PenDriveLinux one, that’s super cool and new to me. Direct link for those interested: https://pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/ @eccentric_econ @thebluemarble @PurpleJillybeans Yup, that's the one! Blew my mind the other day when I saw how it works now. (Thanks for sharing the link, I'm on mobile right now and it's a bit complicated.) |
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@eccentric_econ @thebluemarble @PurpleJillybeans yea, live discs/USB is definitely the way to go on finding out about linux. Unfortunately some new laptops throw an absolute fit trying to boot from a usb drive. Had a non-tech-savvy co-worker who was interested in linux but his asus laptop had all kinds of win11/bitlocker windows/warnings/errors when he tried to boot from a livedrive and unless I was there every step of the way he was terrified he was going to break his computer.