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Grogster Admin Group  Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9864 |
This video I thought was pretty clever, and highlights the problem rather well. YMMV, but.... LINK... Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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Mixtel90 Guru  Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 8486 |
I can't argue with that. 'nuff said. :) Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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| EDNEDN Senior Member  Joined: 18/02/2023 Location: United StatesPosts: 281 |
That is a good sales pitch! Maybe I should load Linux Mint onto a USB stick? |
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| Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 8486 |
There is a very useful program called Ventoy available. It partitions a USB stick or drive into two, installing itself onto one partition. You can load the empty half up with iso files for linux distros up to its capacity (typically about 2.4GB per iso). If you then boot with the stick you can select which distro you want to run.It doesn't install them, they are run from the stick just as they are from a live filesystem DVD. You can delete or change the iso files as much as you like - no need to bother with rufus or anything. Exit the distro, remove the stick and reboot and you are back to Windows. Nothing is touched. Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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| EDNEDN Senior Member Joined: 18/02/2023 Location: United StatesPosts: 281 |
Usually when I need Linux for something I plug in a USB DVD Drive and boot a 'Live' DVD. But I really should have some bootable Linux USB thumb drives. I'll give Ventoy a try. That went surprisingly well. And easy! I guess I need to figure out how to get the MicroSoft Office Clone Apps onto that thumb drive now. Oh Geeeeze! The MicroSoft Office Clone stuff comes pre-installed! I just need to click on it. Very nice! . Edited 2025-11-30 05:24 by EDNEDN |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9864 |
Yes, most distro's these days, come with Libre Office suite pre-installed for you, as you have found out.  Even Office 365 can be run just fine in Linux, because(as mentioned in the video), it runs inside a web browser, so..... My business email is an Outlook 365 account, and I have it setup as one of the tabs I keep open on Opera browser in Linux, and can check and send any email I like from there. I'm only on Outlook 365 email, as that is how my website company set it up. I could move to another email server, but.....meh. Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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