Fat Tony to LinuxEnglish • 11 months agoWhen Windows 10 dies, I am going to jump ship over to Linux. Which version would you recommend for someone with zero prior experience with Linux?message-square56arrow-up1137arrow-down116file-text
arrow-up1121arrow-down1message-squareWhen Windows 10 dies, I am going to jump ship over to Linux. Which version would you recommend for someone with zero prior experience with Linux?Fat Tony to LinuxEnglish • 11 months agomessage-square56file-text
minus-square@tiny_parkinglinkEnglish55•11 months agoDon’t wait. Experiment now in a VM to learn the basics.
minus-square@BuddahrifficlinkEnglish14•11 months agoOr alternatively, make a live USB and boot it natively.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-211 months agoIf I go this route, is there a way to take that VM I’ve created and just roll straight into it? Just install it on the boot drive? I’ve got a Pop!_OS VM going already.
minus-square@tiny_parkinglinkEnglish2•11 months agoI think there is a way technically with something like trueimage or clonezilla, but I’ve never used it. Always thought of my VM as a learning tool, and then used what I learnt to fresh install on real hardware
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•11 months agoOh I never though of running those! Clonezilla inside the VM to clone the “drive” and then clone that to the actual SSD
Don’t wait. Experiment now in a VM to learn the basics.
Or alternatively, make a live USB and boot it natively.
If I go this route, is there a way to take that VM I’ve created and just roll straight into it? Just install it on the boot drive?
I’ve got a Pop!_OS VM going already.
I think there is a way technically with something like trueimage or clonezilla, but I’ve never used it. Always thought of my VM as a learning tool, and then used what I learnt to fresh install on real hardware
Oh I never though of running those!
Clonezilla inside the VM to clone the “drive” and then clone that to the actual SSD