XPost: alt.os.linux.mint   
   From: alan@invalid.com   
      
   On 2/16/25 06:22 PM, Mike Easter wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
   >   
   I had to use Etcher once to make a usb.  IIRC it was something about byte   
   order when   
   writing the USB.   All I know is it worked.   
   I've used Ventoy reliably for quite a while lately.  I too think it's a great   
   way to test   
   distros.  You also test the distro with your hardware, a very profitable test.   
      
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