Testing Linux distros

[Linux for blind general discussion]

It is actually a pocket drive, in other words, it came in a case and 
doesn't require external power like many other drives do.

I have no idea who made the thing, but it works, and that's really all I 
give a crap about anyway.

Warm regards,

Brandt Steenkamp

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On Sun, 27 Feb 2022, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:

> Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2022 06:26:43 -0500
> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> Subject: Re: Testing Linux distros
> 
> What you ought to do if you haven't done it already is buy an external
> drive case for that kind of drive and put the drive in that case.
> You can use the drive from inside the case connected to your computer and
> the drive will have more protection that way.
>
>
> On Sun, 27 Feb 2022, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>
>> I have a 1 tb external USB3 drive which I will use then. Unfortunately it's
>> not an SSD, but what can you do?
>>
>>
>> Warm regards,
>>
>> Brandt Steenkamp
>>
>> Sent using Thunderbird from the Slint machine
>>
>> On 2022/02/26 23:51, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>>> A guess, you're not using an extractable ssd on that machine.  If correct,
>>> can the machine boot off an external drive in a USB port?  If not, you're
>>> left with kemu and the like.  If yes, and you can get a external ssd drive
>>> with usb connection put the testing system on that drive and replace it
>>> there as needed.  That keeps your main drive separate and you can use that
>>> for normal work.  External drive holders for the older type of drives like
>>> ide and sasi and scsi are also on the market though you'd need to get an
>>> extra drive or two for the holder.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, 26 Feb 2022, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I am tired of having to reinstall my distro of choice every time I get fed
>>>> up
>>>> of testing one distro or another.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> How would you go about testing if, like me, you only have the one Linux
>>>> capable machine? Yes, I know you can technically run some distros on the M1
>>>> MacBook, but, just, no thanks.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I really, for one, don't like the VMware thing, and virtualbox is a pain.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm thinking qemu with virtManager, but would like some input. This is how
>>>> I
>>>> run, only when really necessary, mind you, my production Windows.
>>>> Unfortunately I need it to do my work, so cannot kill the thing.
>>>>
>>>>
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