My Password Is 1234@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 months agoWhat are computer gadgets everyone should own?message-squaremessage-square176fedilinkarrow-up1158arrow-down19
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minus-squareBOMBS@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up96arrow-down1·11 months agoSince we’re on Lemmy, USB jump drive so they can reinstall a new distro of Linux every ~3 months
minus-squareZAX2717@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·11 months agoDo it with Ventoy https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·11 months agoVentoy is great. I have a bunch of useful Windows ISOs like win 10 and 11. I also have a bunch of useless ones like Win XP and 7. I have many useful Linux ISOs and I also have an Android ISO for some reason. A great tool 🔥
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoWinXP isn’t compatible with ventoy. At least, it always BSODed for me. Did you have any luck?
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoI haven’t actually tried, I honestly mostly use it as ISO storage for VMs. Where in the process does it BSOD? If it’s before you reformat your storage I could try it on my computer, otherwise I won’t.
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoXP installer loads, welcomes me, then dies. For me, at least, it was before I even had an opportunity to enter any information for the installation.
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·11 months agoI use ventoy all the time! But not all ISOs are compatible with it, I’ve found. Fedora, for example, and OpenSuse are not compatible with ventoy.
minus-squaremercury@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·11 months agoWdym? Fedora 38 server and workstation worked fine for me. Might be your drive?
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoI tried Silbertblue, and it failed. It could be the drive, though. I wouldn’t be surprised.
minus-squareOmega_Jimes@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up21·11 months agoI’ve been telling myself to stop distrohopping for 7 years.
minus-squareBOMBS@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·11 months agoI’m addicted to optimizing my OS
minus-squaremorphballganon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months agoI’ve got like 5 of these. Only one of them has a Linux distro.
Since we’re on Lemmy, USB jump drive so they can reinstall a new distro of Linux every ~3 months
Do it with Ventoy https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html
Ventoy is great. I have a bunch of useful Windows ISOs like win 10 and 11. I also have a bunch of useless ones like Win XP and 7.
I have many useful Linux ISOs and I also have an Android ISO for some reason.
A great tool 🔥
WinXP isn’t compatible with ventoy. At least, it always BSODed for me. Did you have any luck?
I haven’t actually tried, I honestly mostly use it as ISO storage for VMs.
Where in the process does it BSOD? If it’s before you reformat your storage I could try it on my computer, otherwise I won’t.
XP installer loads, welcomes me, then dies. For me, at least, it was before I even had an opportunity to enter any information for the installation.
I use ventoy all the time! But not all ISOs are compatible with it, I’ve found. Fedora, for example, and OpenSuse are not compatible with ventoy.
Wdym? Fedora 38 server and workstation worked fine for me. Might be your drive?
I tried Silbertblue, and it failed. It could be the drive, though. I wouldn’t be surprised.
I’ve been telling myself to stop distrohopping for 7 years.
I’m addicted to optimizing my OS
I’ve got like 5 of these. Only one of them has a Linux distro.