The second choice you have to take in order to try/install Linux is where you’re going to create the live media.
In the three this is the less user-friendly but it comes with the latest updates and is the most “free” of the three.
Its users praise the elegance and the non-free software (like Flash) that comes along with this distribution. Linux Mint: Mint has grown since its first release, today it is one of the most used Linux distributions.You will find yourself at home and overall it is pretty polished. It is in my humble opinion the best fit for a beginner. Ubuntu desktop: Ubuntu is probably the distribution that changed Linux, positively or negatively, depending on whom you ask.Though the real choice is hard given the number of Linux distribution out there, if you are a beginner I suggest you to start from one of these: I’ll speak more accurately of this choice in another article, however you have to choose now. Generally only useful for testing and development.īitJam’s detailed notes can be found here.The first choice you have to make in order to try/install Linux is choosing a distribution. Make ext filesystem even if one exists forces creation of a new ext filesystem even if one exists already. Keep syslinux files will disable reinstallation of syslinux boot loader on an exisitng live-USB, and typically only matters for development work. Set pmbr_boot disk flag sets the legacy boot flag on gpt partitions, but disables booting from UEFI systems.
Ignore USB/removable check skips the final sanity checks to make sure a target media is a removable device. Temporarily disable automounting is useful to disable antiX automounting system, and has no effect in MX. Save the original boot directory when updating a live-USB is useful when an encrypted environment is in use and is generally only used for testing and development. this is not useful if persistence is in use, and is usually only used for testing and development work.
Update allows the user to update an existing live-USB with a new iso. Some systems may not boot from the live-USB if gpt is used, and this is only really usefull in UEFI environements. GPT Paritioning forces the use of gpt partition tables on the live-usb insted of the default “msdos” partition table. The advanced options are mostly for testing and develoment work, although some might be useful to end users in particular scenarios. Image Mode has some sanity checks to help the user write data only to the target media. This is similar to utilities like etcher or using “dd” directly from the commandline.
Image mode is the fallback for non-antiX/MX family isos, and utilizes a “dd” backend to create an exact copy of a source iso onto the target media. This mode enables all the live system features, including peristence and other features requiring writable media to function (save options, etc…). Lable ext partition allows you to utilize a custom label for the fileystem on the live-USB Modeįull-featured mode is available for users of antiX/MX family systems, including snapshots.
Percent of USB-device to use allows you to set a limit on how much of the device is used for the live system. Nothing is actually written to disk.Įncrypt allows the user to create a fully encyrpted live-USB using LUKS encryption.Ĭlone an existing live system will allow the user to clone a previously created live-USB.Ĭlone running live system allows live system users to clone the live system that is currently running onto a usb. Optionsĭry Run simulates what will happen with the configuration chosen. The top right button (refresh) can be used if your USB device is plugged after MX-LUM starts, while the bottom right button toggles Advanced options (below). With the two buttons on the left you select the USB you want to use (the box will be pre-populated with usbs that are connected when the MX-LUM starts), navigate to the ISO you want, and click the Next buttton at the bottom of the screen. This top section is often all that a user needs to consider. The main screen contains four areas Basic operations This app creates a live-usb from an iso-file, another live-usb, a live-cd/dvd or a running live system.