if it's really just about burning the iso right, keep trying, i'm sure you'll get there.
for windows, people used to recommend rufus, but there was a thing that you need to choose "dd mode" iirc.
btw, this:
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I tried to nomodeset install as well, to no avail.
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suggests that the burning went alright, because you are able to get to the linux bootloader at least?