So it begins.

I’ve been flashing my USB often enough that it’s now worth it to keep all my ISO’s neatly to use them when I need them. I plan on buying 10 USB sticks to just have ready when ever I need a specific version.

I’m visiting family now, so time to upgrade their Linux Mint to Kubuntu

  • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz
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    25 days ago

    Or if you want to install an entire iso in less than a minute, one of these.

    I really like that one. I can move a terabyte in minutes, and unlike some other M.2 enclosures, this one is a heatsink sandwich, which enables sustained full-speed operation.

    • Leon@pawb.socialEnglish
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      25 days ago

      I’d recommend a HDD enclosure with a virtual drive emulator. I personally use this one which I’ve had for about a decade at this point. Lovely device. At some point I think I’ll pop an SSD in it instead, mostly just for durability purposes.

    • db2@lemmy.world
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      25 days ago

      It may not work. I have two ssds like that and they both won’t boot ventoy for some reason, but a hdd in a usb case worked no problem.

      Also, unless you’re using the usb3 interface it doesn’t make much difference really.

      • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz
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        25 days ago

        True. But if you have an old one laying around, from a laptop, desktop or whatever, even a low end one will saturate usb while beating 2.5" hdds.