Easily Test Multiple Linux Distros With Ventoy!
This is part 2 of our 'Switch to Linux' series! And today we're doing some hands on testing with a few Linux Distros using Ventoy! Ventory is a popular flashing tool that allows you to boot multiple Distros/ISOs off one USB flash drive. During our demonstration, we'll take a look at Fedora Workstation and Linux Mint Mate, demonstrating how to test the hardware and peruse the software stores!
We're going to be testing the distros on a 2013 Dell Optiplex 7010 Intel Core i5, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD. Unfortunately, I could not find a link for the Asus Wifi adapter I used. Any comments and suggetions, please drop them in the comments!
✅ Enable Full Flathub Rep in Live Mode: (copy/paste the entire command on one line)
‘sudo flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.f...
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🔖 Chapters:
0:00 Intro -Test Linux Using Ventory
1:06 What Hardware are we using for our demo?
1:44 Downloading, intstalling Ventoy and flashing our distros!
5:00 Our Old Dell, the external drive and speakers we’ll test
5:58 First boot & Ventoy’s growing pains!
6:46 First look at Fedora Workstation
7:48 Testing Wifi and Sound on YouTube
9:29 File Manager and connecting to NAS
10:24 Software Store and How FlatHub Works
13:15 Libre Writer and Importing Browser book marks
15:46 Quick Peek at Linux Mint Mate’s hardware compatibility
17:30 Plans for A Part 3 Video demonstrating Dual Boot!
18:00 Conclusion!
➡️ Weblinks/Sources:
Download Ventory: https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html
Linux Mint: https://www.linuxmint.com/download.php
Fedora Workstation: https://fedoraproject.org/workstation...
Zorin Os: https://zorin.com/os/download/
FlatHub: https://flathub.org/en
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This content is meant for homelabs and learning projects, not for production or professional use.
Please make sure to back up anything important before attempting.
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