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[–] 6 points 5 months ago* (4 children)

Grab a few usb sticks and put different images on them to try some different OS's. Get a feel for how easy they are to install / config / use.

Then put your favorite on your internal drive, and maybe keep a couple of specialized sticks for whatever: troubleshooting, browsing, streaming, gaming, office...

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    Should perhaps add that you can generally run Linux distributions off of a USB stick for that first impression.

    Just follow a tutorial for how to install Linux and when you see the actual installer on screen, you can just close the installer without installing and then click around in the UI.

    It will be slow, because it's running off that slow USB connection, but otherwise this is pretty much the operating system as it is when fully installed.

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