Does anybody know of a list of usb live-bootable distros, with links to the download pages?
I have a coworker who wants to switch his gaming computer over to Linux, he has Linux experience but from like a decade ago.
He’s not partial to any particular distro, so I was hoping to just put together a multiboot flash drive with a bunch of live images he could try. But I’m not sure what I should include, and what has live images, vs. install only images.
I’m most comfortable in an environment with apt, so Debian and Mint are of course already covered, but if the gaming-specific distros have live usb images, that would probably be the best thing for him to try.
New users shouldn’t be recommended to use Arch flavors.
Not all new users should be treated the same. There are technical new users and those who don’t care the technical details or updates. Arch based distributions are good for new users too, especially if we are talking about gaming. WE shouldn’t treat every new users like it they are the dumbest people on earth (generally speaking). Instead these blind recommendations, we should talk with the new users what type of user they are, what they want and what they are willing to do. We should utilize the strength of Linux instead just recommending the same distribution all again.
/rant over
I agree, and also, the Arch distros I recommended have varying levels of preset configurations. Garuda is about as opinionated and complete as any green user could want, whereas Endeavor and Cachy are blank slates but not as bare as starting from scratch.
Arch also has the biggest community and the hands-down-best wiki out there, so when something happens, there’s a lot of people who can help.