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Ventoy
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Tools for Linux Distro Hoppers
Ventoy is an open-source tool to create a bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files. Using Ventoy, we can create live USB for multiple distros in one flash disk. This is a revolutionary feature compared to other tools, e.g., Etcher, Rufus, etc, that can only create one live USB at a time. This tool is so important. Don't call yourself a distro hopper if you don't know this tool.
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Ventoy, Live USB multitool for you ISOs Collector
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Ventoy
I faced it too. There is a PR on the ventoy GitHub repository that fixes Proxmox boot.
Let me Google that for you.
https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy
That was hard.
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How to Boot ISO Files from GRUB2 Boot Loader
> While this works, I find this method a bit tedious to use, at least compared to Ventoy [0].
I find ventoy more tedious, because you can't use it on your hard drive with a sane partitioning scheme.
The only reason is because of how the ventoy detection hardcode the partition boundaries in its checks, and it means Ventoy can only run with the partitions set in a way that may lead to alignment issues like write-amplification: I've detailed that in https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/issues/1342
Ideally I'd have a 10G partition after the EFI (or it could even be the EFI itself) with a few ISOs for rescue purposes + a UEFI entry to avoid having to use a bootable USB, but that's not possible with Ventoy unless I accept Ventoy choices of partition boundaries:
(pMBR->PartTbl[0].StartSectorId != 2048 ||
While this works, I find this method a bit tedious to use, at least compared to Ventoy [0].
Ventoy allows you to create a bootable USB containing any number of ISO files just by writing them as files to a partition. It even supports Windows, and has some cool features like overriding Secure Boot on some machines.
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What is your favorite app that doesn't have a good open source alternative?
Last but not least there is also Ventoy. Short explanation: Install Ventoy to a usb drive, put all your isos in one folder on that drive. Now when you boot that usb drive you will see the ventoy menu, and it will allow you to boot any of the isos you put in the folder. Very handy.
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Thinking of purchasing a 4080 laptop and replacing W11 with KDE plasma
Overall, don't be afraid to switch distro (use Ventoy, load a few ISOs just in case), try to make sure you have an easy way of backing up your stuff (be it with a separate /home partition, or like I do with storing everything important in a separate drive and then using symlink to make it 'appear' in their 'default' places), and you can always use VM in a pinch (consult this guide or use quickemu or gnome-boxes)
Open-Shell-Menu
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Windows XP 2024 Edition is everything I want from a new OS
Whenever I set up a new computer for older family members, despite it being windows 11, I always install open shell[1] and retro bar[2]. Between the two, I've made the operating system look very close to Windows XP visually, and they always appreciate it.
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What is a piece of software that you need but doesn't exist?
I wish so bad there is a port (a fork) of the Legacy Kickoff start menu for Windows: https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu/issues/1083
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Looking for a specific 'subgenre' of digital minimalism - "Retro digital"?
Classic Start Menu
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Ask HN: How do you “clean” Windows from all bloatware?
I use Open Shell (fork of Classic Shell) as a replacement to original Start Menu. This gives me full control over what appears in start menu - no results from internet, animated tiles, etc (I am on Win 10 though, from what I read the Win 11 is supported, but not yet officially [1]). It could be a solution to the ads appearing in start menu.
[1] https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu/issues/1564
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make windows 11 look like windows xp!
not sure if this is the right place to post but windows 11 was restricted and the description says that anything that has the microsoft windows xp look and feel is welcome here so here i go. this here is a guide on how to make windows 11 (and maybe 10, didnt test it on that) look like windows xp, but slightly more modern. first get retrobar, from here. then once youve done that run the setup (it might ask you to install dotnet, so do that.) then run it. now right click your taskbar and click on properties. then youre gonna leave everything the same except for the theme, wich youll set to windows xp royale. once youve done that click ok. now you need openshell. you can get it right here. then install that and go launch "open shell menu settings." now in start menu style set it to classic with 2 collumns then click select skin (right under the option i just told you to click) and set it to windows aero, and have the options like this. no icons in second column on, show user picture on, show username on, center usernname optional but i reccoment off, small icons on, large font off, reduce glass color off, and finally, white sub menu's on. then click ok. now get the dark theme bliss from my google drive over here, and set it as your wallpaper, you dont have to, but it makes it look better. then get the recycle bin icon somewhere on the interwebs and go to settings>personalisation>themes>desktop icon settings. then set the empty bin to an empty windows xp bin ico file. and set the full one to the same one, or if you have time (and disk space) to waste, set it to a full version of it. now youre done! ill try to figure out how to change the windows 11 logo in about windows and give an update once i get that done. thats it for now, bye!
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Windows XP look on Windows 10.
It is safe? It will not send me viruses? Also, the download button does not download anything, it sends me to this page, and I do not see what to do.
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Windows 11 in Svelte
Here's the discussion thread on GitHub regarding Windows 11 compatibility:
https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu/discussions/74...
TL;DR - it's mostly working with some outstanding bugs and some users giving workarounds in that thread
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Microsoft could cram more ads into Windows 11 – this time in the Settings app | Recent moves with the Start menu are now being echoed within the Settings panel in testing
if you're not using openshell, you're doing it wrong: https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu/releases/tag/v4.4.170
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What’s the difference between Windows 10 & 11?
OpenShell's over here - https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu
What are some alternatives?
Rufus - The Reliable USB Formatting Utility
etcher - Flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives, safely and easily.
multibootusb - A collection of GRUB files and scripts that will allow you to create a pendrive capable of booting different ISO files
ExplorerPatcher - This project aims to enhance the working environment on Windows
netboot.xyz - Your favorite operating systems in one place. A network-based bootable operating system installer based on iPXE.
unetbootin - UNetbootin installs Linux/BSD distributions to a partition or USB drive
multibootusb - Create multiboot live Linux on a USB disk...
WoeUSB - A Microsoft Windows® USB installation media preparer for GNU+Linux
RetroBar - Classic Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP, Vista taskbar for modern versions of Windows
refindplus - A variant of the rEFInd boot manager
AppMan - Manage 1900+ AppImage packages and official standalone apps for GNU/Linux without root privileges using the ever-growing AUR-inspired database of "AM Application Manager". Easy to use like APT and powerful like PacMan.
WoeUSB-ng - WoeUSB-ng is a simple tool that enable you to create your own usb stick windows installer from an iso image or a real DVD. This is a rewrite of original WoeUSB.