I’m not an expert at this but I’ve previously deleted and reinstalled windows. It used to be that you would do that by deleting the fat 32 in set up and then you could load whatever operating system you wanted. So I’m wondering what the difference is now when a number of online postings state that to load Linux you don’t do anything like this and you simply boot to the USB with Linux. Have computers changed or is doing it without deleting the fat 32 partition an inferior way of doing it?
Also, when you try to download something like Linux Mint, the website gives you a number of sources to download it from. Many are different universities. So when you download Linux like this and install it on your computer, does the place you download it from affect where it syncs up with to check for updates?
here’s an example of loading without deleting drive:
Also, when you try to download something like Linux Mint, the website gives you a number of sources to download it from. Many are different universities. So when you download Linux like this and install it on your computer, does the place you download it from affect where it syncs up with to check for updates?
here’s an example of loading without deleting drive:
How to install Linux
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