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Easiest/best way to make bootable USB on Linux (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/linux4noobs

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What is the preferred way to make a bootable USB drive on Linux these days? I want to try a couple of distros on my very old mother's PC before installing. When I googled it, I only found ways to do it in Windows. Perhaps my Google-fu is off? So I thought: why not ask Lemmy?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you for your recommendations, and thanks for your detailed response in your first comment.

I see your points regarding Ubuntu, I just thought it would be a good compromise because of the amount of advice you can find on how to fix problems in Ubuntu. But I suppose much of that advice can be used for Mint as well... I haven't tried Ubuntu in a few years, but I trust your assessment.

I currently have MX installed on a seriously old HP laptop and have been quite happy with it. I'm not sure if my mom's laptop is older or newer, but either way it's not by much so that's why I immediately thought of MX for her PC as well. I'll put Mint on the Ventoy stick as well and see which one works best.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, almost all guides for Ubuntu apply to other Ubuntu-based distros (Pop, Mint, even Debian). Only the desktop environment works a bit different.

I don't know what's up with MX, since it uses some different technologies under the hood and I'm not informed enough how much it differs