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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
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Subject: Re: Before Dimdows 10 Goes EOL, I'm Testing Linux To Save My Laptop
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Date: 26 Jun 2025 04:39:52 GMT
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On Wed, 25 Jun 2025 19:02:00 -0700, T wrote:

> On 6/25/25 5:46 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>> Another daily-diary article, this time trying out a few Linux distros
>> that might offer a less painful transition for Windows users
>> <https://www.tomshardware.com/news/live/before-windows-10-goes-eol-im-
testing-three-alternative-linux-distros-to-save-my-6-year-old-laptop-from-
the-landfill>.
>> 
>> A lot of the time, it seems to me, the hardest step for a Windows user
>> is copying a bootable Linux image (either live OS or installer) onto a
>> USB stick. What would be a quick, easy job on Linux itself requires a
>> fair bit of faffing about with third-party tools on Windows.
> 
> https://fedoraproject.org/spins KDE, MATE, and Xfce are all great. 
> gnome is too weird to be usable.
> 
> 
> There are two easy ways to burn a flash drive with a Linux ISO from
> Windows:
> 
> Rufus Web Site:
> 
>      https://rufus.ie/ https://rufus.akeo.ie/
> 
> Fedora Media Write for Linux and Windows:
>     https://fedoraproject.org/en/workstation/download
> 
> Fedora is less complicated.   You will notice when running that it calls
> some libraries from Rufus

I don't remember the details but Fedora Media Write didn't work for me and 
I wound up using rufus. I would not call it 'a fair bit of farfing 
around'.