Testing Linux distros

[Linux for blind general discussion]

On Sun, Feb 27, 2022 at 02:08:03PM +0200, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> 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
> 
> Sent from the Slint console using Alpine
> 
> 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.
> > > > > 
>te to the party, but may I suggest on Linux at leastt, Qemu for testing
>distros?

It's easy to set up and quickemu covers a good chunk of popular distros
and makes it easy to set up a VM and go without fighting with a
horrifically bad UI> > > > 
> > > > > 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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