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

Thu Oct 24 21:53:05 MDT 2024

The problem is that this laptop is probably stuck with Win7 and I need Win
10, 11 or Linux to update my Flipper Zero.

On Wed, Oct 23, 2024 at 10:02 AM Dave Eldenburg <deldenbu 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 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.
>>>
>>> --
>>> ************************************************************************
>>> *   Dave Serls                                 Littleton, CO, USA      *
>>> *   dashs.denver.co.us                         http://www.dashs.com    *
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