Well, most live-linux distros first report white on a black screen at start-up: secure boot is disabled. And then don't work. My distrust of Linux now is rather out of experience with so many..
Lightest Linux distros, easy for noob, with virtual winOS?
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How about contacting Nipogi and asking them? >>> [email protected]
Something like:
Something like:
I can't run Linux LiveCDs on my computer.
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How do I do it please? Do I have to change something in the BIOS? What and how?
Thank you
When the copying and pasting was completed - which took a whole hour for about 32GB of the exfat, the flags were gone. I added them manually but it didn't boot when this USB selected for boot.
Thanks, but's more complex what I wanted to:
With Ventoy live distros work perfectly well. Of course, some distros might not work with it. But it is the most convenient to just copy and paste new ISOs and make space by removing others again. Rufus or Unetbootin also have the limitation not working with some distros. But one also has to reformat each time one wants to try further distros.
Since my two installs with Magaia - the only till now working out box live - 2 installations on different USB drives, failed again. Each for a completely different reasons, therefore it seems what is seen in a live distro to work, might just fail as an installation again.
Therefore, I tried what seems now impossible: prepare my only and large USB3 stick with many partitions, so I can find one that installs well - and where the first experiment with live might not have given any indications for - as well as having Ventoy on the same stick, to test further live distros, and eventually try the install.
So probably should rather have asked Ventoy, if and how that would be possible.
However, I'm not willing to sacrifice my perfectly running out of the box Windows11 partition for testing it there - totally capable out of the box for what I use a computer for, without signing up anything Microsoft for.
Additionally, the two Megaia installs on SD and USB took with actualization 8 hours, and 4 without. So maybe in average 12 hours for just 2 distros installation trials? - when repeatedly failing - is just too much wasted time I don't have, to proceed this way.
So now I completely drop my attempt to test installed Linuxes, but will try to run it only live, if possible with persisting settings.
At least the first and third option are out for now, many installations for trying is impossible, and reading the instruction for installing LineageOS on a Banana Pi is clearly over my head, with very likely failure.
But while I wait for a Linux natural language interface, I will see how far I can get with Mageia live, and test further live distros from time to time.
@z7vl7abxc , since you tested Mageia: Didn't find an easy way to make its live settings in the control center stored between sessions. Is it possible and an easy way to?
edit: have found now system start settings for auto login, but didn't work.
edit: have found now system start settings for auto login, but didn't work.
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that sounds like you are interested in a live disk with persistence. the fact that they provide instructions makes it seem possible, though i can't speak to how easy they might seem: https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Persistent_live_systems
the first part appears to involve already having a mageia installation which i think you said you deleted because it didn't work right. some instructions for creating persistence from just the live environment: https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Persistent_live_systems#Creating_persistence_using_only_Live_itself
the disclaimer there is that i don't know if Diskdrake will be any more successful or capable of changing the exfat partition on your ventoy usb so this may require a live usb that is dedicated solely to mageia.
the first part appears to involve already having a mageia installation which i think you said you deleted because it didn't work right. some instructions for creating persistence from just the live environment: https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Persistent_live_systems#Creating_persistence_using_only_Live_itself
the disclaimer there is that i don't know if Diskdrake will be any more successful or capable of changing the exfat partition on your ventoy usb so this may require a live usb that is dedicated solely to mageia.
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i know you've tested a lot of different distros and may be getting frustrated with that process, but i just wanted to mention that there is a version 9 of Mageia that is in prerelase (or release candidate [rc]) status: https://www.mageia.org/en/downloads/prerelease/
this is on that page, but just to make clear:
part of the reason i mention it is that it has a newer kernel than either the mageia 8 live (5.10) or updated version (5.15). i am running the live version of mageia 9 rc1 now and that has a 6.4 kernel. i thought maybe if the live version worked then having the final release not to far away might be something to look forward to.
this is on that page, but just to make clear:
part of the reason i mention it is that it has a newer kernel than either the mageia 8 live (5.10) or updated version (5.15). i am running the live version of mageia 9 rc1 now and that has a 6.4 kernel. i thought maybe if the live version worked then having the final release not to far away might be something to look forward to.
just a quick look at a robolinux R12 xfce virtual machine shows it uses about 530 MB or ram after boot. it has a 5.15 kernel like the updated version of Mageia 8. it doesn't have libreoffice preinstalled. the only package i can find that is installable for VirtualBox comes straight from the ubuntu repository so that one doesn't appear to be a "pre-configured virtual machine support pack".
maybe that part refers to this quote from the project's about page: https://robolinux.org/about.html
maybe that part refers to this quote from the project's about page: https://robolinux.org/about.html
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It seems Robolinux Plus requires a 25,- fee, only comes as installation, and has much security on board, along with out-of-the box windows virtualization. According to this introduction video
What was shocking to me to hear about virtualization was, that to get any linux to such a degree of ease of use with windows virtualization would take a developer months of work.
If that is true, then Robolinux plus might actually be the only option for me - with its support - also to fix my pesky audio problem with many live distros.
Obviously, PeachOS, the only other with virtualization preinstalled, then wouldn't work out well for me.
Live it used 570 MB RAM idle, and 1,1 GB with my standard youtube.
It works just as good as Mageia 8 with Ventoy for me. 100MB higher usage of RAM than the older.
from: https://robolinux.org/order-12plus.html
it looks like the price might be higher and possibly only cover 17 months of updates.
This photograph of PakOS exemplifies my main problem with most distros.
It speaks about difficulty of connecting with network in Pakistan, instructs to select wifi or ethernet, but in my trials only ethernet with most distros seems available.
that looks like what you would probably see if the kernel didn't have a driver for your wifi adapter or if it had trouble loading at boot. the quickest way i know to check is with
to see if you have a "Kernel driver in use" line. i think i recall there being trouble running some commands with the | character. you could run the command without it
and just look for the section that describes your wifi adapter.
lspci -knn | grep -iA3 netto see if you have a "Kernel driver in use" line. i think i recall there being trouble running some commands with the | character. you could run the command without it
lspci -knnand just look for the section that describes your wifi adapter.
Duh, I'm so stupid. I choose this wlan stick because it would allegedly work with many linuxes. And didn't search any further, assuming it would either work, or simply not.
So many thanks for your patience.
There is actually a manual to install the stick's drivers, however, I can't see how that could be easily tested with many live distros. Since its installation needs rebooting: https://linux.brostrend.com/
So many thanks for your patience.
There is actually a manual to install the stick's drivers, however, I can't see how that could be easily tested with many live distros. Since its installation needs rebooting: https://linux.brostrend.com/
I'm curious to know if you have a wired Ethernet connection.
If so are you connected when you're installing these Linux distros.
You may get better results if connected to the internet via a wired connection.
If so are you connected when you're installing these Linux distros.
You may get better results if connected to the internet via a wired connection.
Never had wired Ethernet connection. I just downloaded the ISOs and copied on a Ventoy USB-stick. Made quick test in live mode, if everything works.
Installed from the live medium until now only Mageia 8, since it's the only Linux distro of many working out of the box in live mode with my setup.
However, twice installed, taking in total 12 hours, it failed twice as installs. Making me weary of any further installations trials. Unless for a good reason I can't see yet.
Installed from the live medium until now only Mageia 8, since it's the only Linux distro of many working out of the box in live mode with my setup.
However, twice installed, taking in total 12 hours, it failed twice as installs. Making me weary of any further installations trials. Unless for a good reason I can't see yet.
Do you install to said USB or internal drive?
I'll be honest and don't want to be rude but in all my years I haven't seen anyone having so much trouble to get any Linux distro started.
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