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Matthew1674
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Since since a USB stick is so cheap Ill am going get one hopefully this next week. I could find 14 GB but I found 16 GB. As long has it does not mess up my main Windows 10 OS ill be good.
16 is plenty for trying out and installing LinuxAmazon has 16gb sticks for 5 bucks. Its the San Disk brand. My budget is low so hopefully that will do.
ventoy
├── ISO
│ └── linuxmint-19.3-cinnamon-64bit.iso
├── persistence.img
└── ventoy
└── ventoy.json
ventoy.json:
{
"control": [
{ "VTOY_DEFAULT_MENU_MODE": "0" },
{ "VTOY_FILT_DOT_UNDERSCORE_FILE": "1" },
{ "VTOY_DEFAULT_SEARCH_ROOT": "/ISO" }
],
"persistence": [
{
"image": "/ISO/linuxmint-19.3-cinnamon-64bit.iso",
"backend": "/persistence.img"
}
]
several in fact16 is plenty for trying out and installing Linux
My my PC is most certainly is a 64 bit. I will try Linux Mint Cinnamon and I trying Ubuntu in the VM right now.that will do it ! Pretty sure your PC is 64 bit so go for 64 bit iso 's mint 64 bit cinnamon goes great on my PC (live so won't do anything)if you can get persistence working then you can use that usb as a tool eg gparted etc
Thats good because was going to use both Mint Cinnamon and Ubuntu to see which one I like better,sev
several in fact
Good so ill go with that.16 is plenty for trying out and installing Linux
Thanks everyone for the useful tips and advice. I will be using all of it going forward. In the meantime for today ill be using my VM to get a feel for Linux. I am about to watch a tutorial on BASH so that would be fun.
That sounds like a good plan.I am about to buy a usb stick so have the option of running a live one when I am ready. I may stick with VM for a minute because this is my first time using Linux.
When I started using Linux I did in virtualbox too, I installed as many distros as I wanted and had and still do a lot of fun with those. Later, I decided to try dual booting windows/linux, that was fairly easy since I'd used the distro before in VBox and knew exactly what I had to do, now I don't use Windows anymore, well that's not entirely true cause I do have a W7 VM to use a couple of apps that won't work in Linux, so technically I still do ... Anyway, I think you should get very familiar with the distro or distros you'd like to try in your real cp in VBox first, thus avoiding wasting time and frustration which could ruin the whole experience. BTW, you could create a Windows VM and practice the dual booting process with that first too by following one of the many tutorials available on the web.I am about to buy a usb stick so have the option of running a live one when I am ready. I may stick with VM for a minute because this is my first time using Linux.