XPost: alt.os.linux.mint   
   From: MikeE@ster.invalid   
      
   Dr. Noah Bodie wrote:   
   > Has anyone seen the web site that lets you test distros online, without   
   > having to install anything. It's pretty neat!   
      
   I read a discussion about the DistroSea experience in a forum (Puppy   
   Linux of all places) and it has limitations.   
      
   IMO, the best way to sample linux distro/s is live; and the most   
   'efficient' way to do that is to have some storage space, dl the .iso/s,   
   preferably by torrent if both available and speedy, directly if not, and   
   then write them to a Ventoy stick, either USB 3 or SATA SSD, but even   
   USB2 if not the faster.   
      
   Some .iso/s won't boot properly on Ventoy, in which case they may need   
   to be written 'independently' using linux or Win tools (the Win Rufus is   
   nice) or alternatively booted as a VM which I consider to have more   
   disadvantages than a Ventoy or direct live boot.   
      
   The .iso/s can be checked by their hash; some also like to check the   
   .sig if available.   
      
   There was a previous site distrotest.net which is now dead; and   
   DistroSea is allegedly better.   
      
      
   --   
   Mike Easter   
      
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