I have made a new version of ExTiX – The Ultimate Linux System. I call it ExTiX 17.8 LXQt Live DVD. (The previous version was 17.4 from 170418).

ABOUT
ExTiX 17.8 LXQt DVD 64 bit is based on Debian 9 Stretch and Ubuntu 17.10 Artful Aardvark, to be released 171019. The original system includes the Desktop Environment Gnome. After removing Gnome I have installed LXQt 0.11.1. LXQt is the Qt port and the upcoming version of LXDE, the Lightweight Desktop Environment. It is the product...

-- lonely, lonely, lonely long tiiiiieeeeeeme. (name that tune)
Hello again, fellow Linux noobs.
Last I was here, there was a wubi (windows installer exe-file) for an old version or two of Linux... easy enough for Gramma....
but the thoroughly-modern much-more-sensible approach seemed to be to download several pieces of software that allow one to burn an ISO file to disc or USB, transfer that ISO file to the harddrive, and transform it into an onboard operating system....

First, I'll cite my sources that helped make this easier for me:

https://pzolee.blogs.balabit.com/201...om-sar-output/

http://sebastien.godard.pagesperso-orange.fr/faq.html

https://www.thomas-krenn.com/en/wiki...ation_with_sar

http://sebastien.godard.pagesperso-o.../tutorial.html

http://unixdiary101.blogspot.com/201...-which-is.html...

NEWS 170930 about AndEX Nougat 7.1.2
My new build of Android x86_64 – android_x86_64-7.1.2-nougat-gapps-kernel-4.13.3-exton-170930 can be installed to hard drive or on a USB stick. You cannot run the system live. I.e. from a DVD or a USB stick or live in VirtualBox or VMware. On some computers you’ll have to start up AndEX 7.1.2 in compatibility mode (VESA) after a hard drive installation. GAPPS and all other apps mentioned below are installed. NOTE1: You can run AndEX Nougat Build 170930...

27" iMac.
So, I will be even less inclined to participate here at LQ.

Couple of annoyances on this new host, but NBD for a Professional.

Why? You may axe.
One reason, Siri is fully integrated into the desktop. I can speak and it responds.
23 years in IT and I am tired of typing.

Peace Out!