Great advice, thank you for the clarification 🙏⚡️
Discussion
No worries--IMHO everyone should try out Linux--you can run it off a USB stick without affecting your current computer's OS...a great way to get started without *any* risks.
In fact, I typically run Linux straight off of a USB stick--it's perfectly usable with a reasonable laptop, and because nothing is saved to the USB (unless you choose to) it is immune from viruses / malware (as you're always starting with a "fresh" system with each boot).
And (no matter what) if you're ever concerned, just download a fresh copy of Linux, flash it to the USB and you're off an running--good as new.
SO many advantages of Linux, but security is definitely tops on my list of why I use it...(and the price tag--free--is a close second).
Sounds like tails (booting from a thumb drive and all that). Guess I didn’t realize other operating systems could do that!
Yup--exactly like Tails.
If you really want to play, get a large thumb drive and load Ventoy:
https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html
That will let you put multiple OS images on a single thumb drive, and then boot to whichever one you'd. like. Really a cool piece of software.
Fascinating - thank again 🤝
Absolutely agree. I am the IT Administrator of the Linux division in my company, and unfortunately, I have to use Windows due to company policy, but certainly not as my only OS. I have my 1TB NVMe USB drive running Rocky9, inside a VM with Windows 10, which I use only for the minimum requirements set by the company. When I finish working, I never need to carry the PC with me; I only take my NVMe USB, and in case of necessity, I connect it to the first available PC and get to work. With Windows, you couldn't do this without going crazy with drivers and license activations. Of course, Rocky has to be properly hardened and secured, but the beauty of Linux is that you can do whatever you want via scripts without needing third-party software, which I rarely trust.
Huh...new one for me (Rocky) - I see it's a Red Hat variant...may have to give it a try! Thanks!!