[Meatloaf] Am I looking for a "live" Linux distro?

[Dave Eldenburg]

I just gave it a try with ubuntu 24.10, the newest version.  Works OK but
use the fastest thumb drive you have.
Also, this article explains how to install linux under the windows 11 wsl
system:
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-11/how-to-install-the-linux-windows-subsystem-in-windows-11/m-p/2701207

Dave

On Wed, Oct 23, 2024 at 9:00 AM Dave Eldenburg <deldenbu at gmail.com> wrote:

> Go out to:
>
> https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/try-ubuntu-before-you-install?cp=close#1-getting-started
>
> That page tells you how to install the ubuntu .iso file to either a dvd or
> a thumb drive.  You can then try ubuntu before installing it.  You can also
> install ubuntu along side windows and dual boot into it.
>
> Dave
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 22, 2024 at 2:35 PM Richard Goodwill <rick.goodwill at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Official Joe's Spoon Reflector.
>>
>> All your base are belong to us. You are on the way to destruction.
>> You have no chance to survive make your time. HA HA HA HA...
>> For great justice.
>>
>>
>> I have not been able locate a USB preinstalled image.    Everything I
>> find is do-it-urself with Rufus or something.     I’ve heard of Rufus but
>> never tried it myself.
>>
>> The process here seems straight forward.
>> https://www.tecmint.com/install-linux-os-on-usb-drive/
>>
>> The trick here is to have 2 USB drives available.   This allows you to
>> boot the installer and then install onto a 4GB USB drive.
>>
>>
>> You’ll need the following items:
>>
>>    - A main USB drive (16GB or more), let’s call it the Main USB drive.
>>    - Another USB drive (4GB or more) or a DVD disk to use as bootable
>>    Linux installation media.
>>    - A Linux OS ISO file, such as Ubuntu 22.04.
>>    - A PC with internal hard drives disconnected to prevent alterations
>>    to the boot record.
>>
>> Good luck,
>> -Rick
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Oct 20, 2024, at 1:21 PM, Dave Serls <dave at dashs.denver.co.us> wrote:
>>
>> Official Joe's Spoon Reflector.
>>
>> All your base are belong to us. You are on the way to destruction.
>> You have no chance to survive make your time. HA HA HA HA...
>> For great justice.
>>
>> On Sun, 20 Oct 2024 10:51:05 -0600
>> pt <mnemotronic at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> From: pt <mnemotronic at gmail.com>
>> To: "Meatloaf (Serls) Meatloaf" <meatloaf at dashs.denver.co.us>
>> Subject: [Meatloaf] Am I looking for a "live" Linux distro?
>> Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2024 10:51:05 -0600
>> Reply-To: "Meatloaf, it's whats for dinner."
>> <meatloaf at dashs.denver.co.us> Sender: "Meatloaf"
>> <meatloaf-bounces at dashs.denver.co.us>
>>
>> Official Joe's Spoon Reflector.
>>
>> All your base are belong to us. You are on the way to destruction.
>> You have no chance to survive make your time. HA HA HA HA...
>> For great justice.
>>
>>
>> I think I'm looking for something called a "live" distro that will
>> run off of a USB stick ... something that absolutely won't modify the
>> hard drives on the laptop I'm running it on. I'm trying to reacquaint
>> myself with Linux. I used Unix (PrimeOS) and Linux extensively in the
>> 80s, 90s & early 2000s, but not since then. I'm familiar with command
>> line and use the Gnuwin32 tools a lot.
>>
>> I have a Windows 7 Pro laptop that, for the time being, must remain
>> Windows. I've got some USB sticks
>> <
>> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00C5K8E1A?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1
>> >
>> .
>>
>> I'm considering Debian, SUSE, Ubuntu, Alpine and Kali.
>>
>> I've tried Ubuntu via Unetbootin and it got to a point where it
>> looked like it wanted to repartition my laptop drives. I bailed on
>> that.
>>
>> For setting up the USB stick I've downloaded Unetbootin, BalenaEtcher,
>> rawriteexe, Fedora Media Writer and ddrelease64. Etcher and
>> Unetbootin seem to be the least favored.
>>
>> Q. Do I only look for releases / distros say they're "live"?
>>
>> Q. Can any distro be convinced to run in "USB only / don't f*** with
>> my hard drive" mode?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>>
>>    Never used a live version of any distro, but most major distros
>>    should have a USB stick version that can be copied to a stick large
>>    enough. They should never ask for partitioning.
>>
>> --
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>> *   Dave Serls                                 Littleton, CO, USA      *
>> *   dashs.denver.co.us                         http://www.dashs.com    *
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