• lhamil64@programming.dev
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    10 months ago

    One of the great things about Linux is that you can almost always just run whatever distro from the USB drive before installing (and just reboot without the USB drive to get back into Windows) So you can download a few ISOs and try each one for a bit before committing to anything.

    This is nice if there’s anything specific that you need to work, you can try it and make sure it’s usable for you before making any permanent changes.

    For example, I’m legally blind and use a screen magnifier. I tried a few distros to compare the built-in magnifiers before settling on one.

    I’d also recommend using Ventoy on your USB. That lets you just plop ISO files on the drive and choose which one at boot.

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      10 months ago

      Great advice.

      I’m already using git to gather my linux build notes and install commands I’ll need.

      Eventually I’ll be able to USB boot a disto and run my custom setup script for my apps.