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WinterStreet
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O.k. I got a Laptop from someone, but it had Windows 10 on it and I have made it a personal mission to NEVER have Microsoft on a computer in my possession so I nuked it. In doing so I found that the computer would not let me install anything except windows. Being as anti-Microsoft as I am I spent two weeks trying all the NORMAL options to get Linux to install to find out that this computer is as strange as I am. 
I would make a Live USB and this computer would see it as completely full.(Frustrating as Downloading other Distros to try gets tricky) I tried several Distros with and without internet and even tried some of the live UBS's and their installs on a second computer. (Lo and behold the free space showed properly on the second computer) So I found the site that suggests a specific Distro to solve my problem and it worked!
So now comes me next issue the new Distro is a Fedora base and I'm more comfortable with Debian Base Software. So I have come up with three options that may work for me.
1. Figure out how to figure out how to get a live USB installation to install grub into the secondary location as Endless OS does making it possible to install as installing grub before-hand results the live USB wipes the esp partitions beforehand even though it is not supposed to and apparently does not install enough to boot into if I install Grub after the install fails.
2. Make a completely new Debian based Distro that will be installed in the making of it and I would just have to make a Live USB from it so I could install it in case of...
3. Figure out how to change the kernels and whatever else I need to change to make the Fedora base that I'm not so comfortable with into a Debian base that I am comfortable with. Again I would make a Live USB in case of...

I would make a Live USB and this computer would see it as completely full.(Frustrating as Downloading other Distros to try gets tricky) I tried several Distros with and without internet and even tried some of the live UBS's and their installs on a second computer. (Lo and behold the free space showed properly on the second computer) So I found the site that suggests a specific Distro to solve my problem and it worked!
So now comes me next issue the new Distro is a Fedora base and I'm more comfortable with Debian Base Software. So I have come up with three options that may work for me.
1. Figure out how to figure out how to get a live USB installation to install grub into the secondary location as Endless OS does making it possible to install as installing grub before-hand results the live USB wipes the esp partitions beforehand even though it is not supposed to and apparently does not install enough to boot into if I install Grub after the install fails.
2. Make a completely new Debian based Distro that will be installed in the making of it and I would just have to make a Live USB from it so I could install it in case of...
3. Figure out how to change the kernels and whatever else I need to change to make the Fedora base that I'm not so comfortable with into a Debian base that I am comfortable with. Again I would make a Live USB in case of...
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