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    Hey you, you wanna install Linux? (files.catbox.moe)
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    [–] WamGams@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Thanks. I just gotta get my wife to hurry up and buy her own thing.

    [–] Darkrai@kbin.social 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    You can try making a virtual machine with a 20 GB virtual hard drive to try out different Linux distros in the meantime.

    [–] WamGams@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    Thanks. I will look into learning how to do this.

    [–] Dalaeance@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    To make things simpler in the long run, I recommend looking into using Ventoy on a thumb drive, if you'd like to just try out various versions of Linux without installing anything. There are handy guides on YouTube.

    [–] melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago

    try cinnamon with mint on a 'live USB' so you can try before installing. and see if your ram is broken, or if windows is fucking you for cheaping out on the license.

    [–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

    You still can make a live USB and check if everything works and play around. Just don't proceed with installation wizard. But remember since its live mode things you save there will not exist(by default) after reboot. Yes you can run linux without installing

    [–] WamGams@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    Good to know. Thank you.

    I have a proton account so I can just save the files there.

    [–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 months ago

    Well that also applies to settings and everything. Its a test environment which have temporary storage till reboot. Even apps you install may not exist. But there is some way that you can make the live environment save changes though, someone else has already suggested you ventoy