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So it begins.

I've been flashing my USB often enough that it's now worth it to keep all my ISO's neatly to use them when I need them. I plan on buying 10 USB sticks to just have ready when ever I need a specific version.

I'm visiting family now, so time to upgrade their Linux Mint to Kubuntu

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[-] Camille_Jamal@lemmy.ml 2 points 15 hours ago

what is bsd?

ive heard of it, but not really seen or used it

[-] erebion@news.erebion.eu 1 points 1 hour ago

Several different operating systems, such as FreeBSD, NetBSD, DragonflyBSD (the latter one having a live system and being the easiest to try out). Those have their history based in BSD. But thatʼs all bit too much to fit in s reply here.

Unlike Linux distributions, those projects develop a kernel and the other parts together and make an OS.

Most software will be available on BSDs and on Linux distributions.

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