Post #3201511
2025-12-05 16:44 UTC
@bobthomson70@mastodon.social Well obviously they can run the Linux Mint install usb from the USB stick "live" just to see if they want to install though you can't save anything unless you burn the iso with the ability to do so (persistence I think it's called) but unless you do that on a really fast usb it'll slow the "live" demo environment down. You could also just run a virtual version within Windows (virtual box or similar virtual machine apps)
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@MostlyTato@mstdn.social 2025-12-05 16:49
@emsquared@mastodon.social @bobthomson70@mastodon.social There is also Distrosea, where you can test it online. https://distrosea.com/select/linuxmint/
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@DJDarren@mendeddrum.org 2025-12-05 16:50
@emsquared@mastodon.social @bobthomson70@mastodon.social Something that I've had fun with is installing various Linux distros to a thumb drive. Not the live installer, but the whole-ass OS. Doing this, I discovered that some dog shit Windows PC we had a work was actually a perfectly fine computer. Kubuntu ran absolutely flawlessly through USB, while the Win10 install on the spinning HDD takes literally 20 minutes to become usable. The only thing there is needing to set the BIOS to boot from the thumb drive.