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04-09-2017, 12:07 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Apr 2017
Posts: 1
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New Kid on the block
Hello,
want to try linux download and burn iso need HELP Please.
Ricky
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04-09-2017, 12:22 PM
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Feb 2015
Location: USA
Distribution: Lubuntu 14.04, 22.04, Windows 8.1 and 10
Posts: 6,282
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tobbycat
want to try linux download and burn iso need HELP Please.
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Hi Ricky, welcome to the forum
You didn't mention the distribution you wanted to try or your system specs (such as processor, amount of memory, graphics chip, etc.,) providing this information would help us give you more specific advice and suggestions. However, the instructions here should work for most distributions if you want to use a CD/DVD. For a USB drive, please see here. Again, please keep in mind that, although the instructions are written for Ubuntu, they should work for most distributions.
Regards...
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04-09-2017, 07:26 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Aug 2004
Location: Sydney
Distribution: Rocky 9.2
Posts: 18,403
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You might find this page useful as well https://distrowatch.com/
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04-10-2017, 07:35 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Apr 2010
Location: Continental USA
Distribution: Debian, Ubuntu, RedHat, DSL, Puppy, CentOS, Knoppix, Mint-DE, Sparky, VSIDO, tinycore, Q4OS, Manjaro
Posts: 5,952
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tobbycat
Hello,
want to try linux download and burn iso need HELP Please.
Ricky
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Greetings Ricky, and welcome to the jungle!
There are MANY pages of instruction on this on the internet, but asking here is often better. Some of the stuff on the Internet is old or just wrong.
If you have a USB key device to spare and would like to try a few distributions, you might look into E2B (Easy 2 Boot) or something like SARDU. Tools like these allow you to load up a USB key with multiple distributions and select which to run at boot time.
I carry three loaded USB keys: one with install images, one with live-cd images, and one with various antivirus, recovery , partioning, backup/restore, and diagnostic tools. It seem to me that one with live-cd images would be perfect for you about now.
What kind of Linux Linux distributions are you interested in?
Can you share a bit about your hardware (ram, disk, processor, perhaps WIFI interface type)?
It is difficult to make meaningful recommendations flying blind. More information will help.
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04-10-2017, 01:06 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Nov 2005
Location: ...uncanny valley... infinity\1975; (randomly born:) Milwaukee, WI, US( + travel,) Earth&Mars (I wish,) END BORDER$!◣◢┌∩┐ Fe26-E,e...
Distribution: any GPL that work on freest-HW; has been KDE, CLI, Novena-SBC but open.. http://goo.gl/NqgqJx &c ;-)
Posts: 4,888
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Good times, check the links in my signature and have fun!
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04-11-2017, 06:13 AM
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Member
Registered: Jun 2016
Distribution: any&all, in VBox; Ol'UnixCLI; NO GUI resources
Posts: 999
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Hi&welcome... Tell us more: PC? Here's an idea...
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04-11-2017, 09:50 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Sep 2013
Location: Somewhere in my head.
Distribution: Slackware (15 current), Slack15, Ubuntu studio, MX Linux, FreeBSD 13.1, WIn10
Posts: 10,342
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UNetbootin
to burn the iso to a usb stick -- works on most distros
https://unetbootin.github.io/
Usually as little as a 8GB Stick will work.
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04-11-2017, 11:08 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jan 2007
Location: Wild West Wales, UK
Distribution: Linux Mint 22 MATE, Peppermint OS-Devuan, EndeavourOS
Posts: 4,252
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tobbycat,
Welcome to LQ.
Rufus is an alternative fast and simple tool for burnining an ISO image to a USB drive.
It works with both Linux and Windows and it will sort out some of those nasty UEFI/GPT formatting/booting problems:
https://rufus.akeo.ie/
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04-11-2017, 12:55 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Nov 2005
Location: ...uncanny valley... infinity\1975; (randomly born:) Milwaukee, WI, US( + travel,) Earth&Mars (I wish,) END BORDER$!◣◢┌∩┐ Fe26-E,e...
Distribution: any GPL that work on freest-HW; has been KDE, CLI, Novena-SBC but open.. http://goo.gl/NqgqJx &c ;-)
Posts: 4,888
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04-12-2017, 12:17 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Apr 2010
Location: Continental USA
Distribution: Debian, Ubuntu, RedHat, DSL, Puppy, CentOS, Knoppix, Mint-DE, Sparky, VSIDO, tinycore, Q4OS, Manjaro
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Bottom line? There are many good tools for getting one or more ISO images loaded onto a USB device to boot for either a live-cd experience or full install to local drive. I like E2B because you actually copy the ISO onto the USB drive without changing it, so you can use it as both a USB BOOT device and as a sneaker-net solution to deliver an ISO to a friend.
There are HUNDREDS of Linux and OpenBSD distributions that you can use, many are available in both live-cd and full install format, others only as a live-cd although some of those have a native install application or procedure.
Examine the distro options and find one (or several) that you like. Find a tool for running them from USB that looks easy and will do what you want. Run either in a virtual container or in live-cd mode first to be sure that it is the one you want to start with, and GO.
Spending too much time reading all of this fine advice is time you might better have spent having fun with your new operating system! ;-)
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04-13-2017, 10:35 AM
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Moderator
Registered: Jan 2005
Location: Central Florida 20 minutes from Disney World
Distribution: SlackwareŽ
Posts: 13,956
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Member response
Hi,
Welcome to LQ!
Quote:
Originally Posted by tobbycat
Hello,
want to try linux download and burn iso need HELP Please.
Ricky
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You can use LQ's Download Linux to select a distribution of choice.
Not knowing your hardware makes things difficult for suggestions from LQ members. I suggest for future posts that you consider reading http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...#faq_lqwelcome
Hope this helps.
Have fun & enjoy!
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