Shadowmeph
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are yuou saying tha tVentoy you can have a couple of ISO and then one boot pick and chose which ISO to load up if so I am going to grab that
what Linux would you recommend for an AMD A6?
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gingerbee
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yup I use a 32GB flash drive and have a couple of my favorite Linux ISO's along with my win10/11 iso's I have only found it not to work with a few not normally used Linux ISO's but all others worked out great, you can even have things like memtest and other USB bootable tools on them once booted into the drive you get a menu to select the ISO you want to use
Marzipan
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yes, I'mma gonna buy a USB SSD and go from there. I don't have anything lying around so will need to buy drive / enclosure...or are there some deals out there for ready-made one's I should consider?
gingerbee
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I have found you can get the prebuilt units that are pretty good, but I have also found to get the max speed using an NVME drive with a USB-c enclosure also works great.
a family member has this unit and it works great, but it is slower than my NVME/enclosure combo, it all depends on what your looking for out of said drive
be careful with portable SSD's a lot of them will write fast at first then drop down too much slower than a HDD
a family member has this unit and it works great, but it is slower than my NVME/enclosure combo, it all depends on what your looking for out of said drive
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be careful with portable SSD's a lot of them will write fast at first then drop down too much slower than a HDD
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Marzipan
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how much of a difference is there between your custom made external SSD drive and the one you linked to?
gingerbee
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I can only tell you from my use case which is large data transfer, when I transfer a 40GB 4k movie file on the prebuilt it will write between 300-500MB on the prebuilt but that only last for the first little while, then it tends to drop down to around 150-200MB's, with my NVME drive+enclosure its spike just like the prebuilt but the spike is around 700-1000MB's then its drops down to around 300-500MB's and can dip all the way down to 200-250MB's but again this is only if I transfer off of my NVME SSD drives if coming off of an HDD it will get as low as 100MB's but going from NVME to NVME+enclosure those dropped down speeds stay pretty steady, there is a lot of variables when doing data transfer IE what you going from and too you know NVME to NVME is always much higher then say even NVME to SSD or HDD.
if the file size is much smaller IE 4GB size then it stays at the max speed pretty much for the whole transfer
So it really depends on your use case if your using it as an installer or to run an OS off of it then what matters is what it's writing too whether it be HDD/SSD/NVME, use case matters a huge IMHO cause if its used to run an OS then I would go with the fastest drive I could get if its just for installing on loads of different system type HDD/SSD/NVME then a prebuilt should be just fine, but it also can get a little mess when you start to consider price and QLC vs TLC, I personally do not own any QLC drives cause I want the fastest longest speed I can get.
its a lot to consider I know, I would suggest getting something that fits into you budget with the best speeds you can get, shopping this way makes it a little easier lol
if the file size is much smaller IE 4GB size then it stays at the max speed pretty much for the whole transfer
So it really depends on your use case if your using it as an installer or to run an OS off of it then what matters is what it's writing too whether it be HDD/SSD/NVME, use case matters a huge IMHO cause if its used to run an OS then I would go with the fastest drive I could get if its just for installing on loads of different system type HDD/SSD/NVME then a prebuilt should be just fine, but it also can get a little mess when you start to consider price and QLC vs TLC, I personally do not own any QLC drives cause I want the fastest longest speed I can get.
its a lot to consider I know, I would suggest getting something that fits into you budget with the best speeds you can get, shopping this way makes it a little easier lol
LaughingCrow
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Well, I encountered a situation where I needed to use the CLI for the 1st time. It's to upgrade 20.3 mint to 21 Vanessa. The instructions (as usual) seemed simple enough. But like always, these instructions never prepare you if you encounter something different or if there are intermediate steps.are the simple enough for an idiot? if it would ever require command line, it's out...
SO, if you decide on Mint go for 21 Vanessa which just came out I assume to save you the hassle of upgrading. It did say it would take some time to upgrade. A fresh install seems like it would have been faster.
The first problem was minor but not in the instructions. It asked for a password. Easy enough. Then I pasted in the commands & it worked and downloaded the upgrade. A new window opens and asks if you want to upgrade. Yes. Then I get a new situation that's not explained. It says to take a Snapshot??? A new window opens and there's a create button. So I created a new one. But then there's no instructions... So checking the menu options, there's an option to pick a drive and save it, so I did. I have 3 Windows open. The Command Line Interface, The Upgrade Tool and a TimeShift Window which has the Snapshot tools. The Upgrade Tool Window has a spinning icon like it's waiting. Having no other options, I just close the TimeShift Window. AND that actives the Upgrade Tool Window which now shows, "Phase 2 Simulation and download" & an OK button... and it starts downloading a lot of files again.
So it seems like it's working like intended. Just all new to me. Will edit if there's additional problems.
EDIT: Installed version 21 okay. Left my settings, Firefox, etc all as they were.
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Marzipan
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I'm gonna bet the pre-built has no cache and when it's full, cloggs up...while it's the opposite for the custom build...though it sound slike it does eventually fill the cache but manages to maintain a better speed then still. custom it is!
gingerbee
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Ya, I figure it's something like that or its what they do with a lot of DDR cache-less drives they use a part of the TLC-QLC as SLC cache that gets filled up fast, this was the main reason I went with a good NVME drive with DDR cache after a few years of using prebuilt, also enclosures have come down a lot over the last few years but you also have to watch what enclosure you get some only have USB-C 5GBPS but if you can get one with 10GBPS it's better
Lysrin
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Stumbled across this article today about another option, Bodhi Linux, I don't think we mentioned. Based on Ubuntu, claims to be another one that makes old computers feel new. Haven't used this distro myself.
www.zdnet.com
Bodhi Linux can make an old computer feel brand new
If you're looking for a different take on the desktop, Bodhi Linux is an option that will have you enjoying your computer again.
www.zdnet.com
