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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] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

            
              Vanilla DEs: every spin provides a clean desktop, how the devs intended it.
Great update schedule: the 6 months release cycle provides a great compromise between stability (how often stuff changes), reliability (how often stuff breaks) and freshness.
A rolling release (like Tumbleweed) downloads many GBs of downloads each week and feels like a testing ground with stuff often not working that smoothly, while Debian for example is super stale.
Community based and backed by RH (devs and $$$)
Sane defaults for me
Their immutable variants (Silverblue, etc.) are fantastic as well and a joy to use.
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