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Installed Linux for the fist time in Feb, I've now started saving ISO's (media.piefed.social)
submitted 1 day ago by Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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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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[-] SMillerNL@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago

While checking checksums is important, it you’re getting them from the same place as the download you might as well ignore the checksum. If someone can replace the download they can very likely also replace the checksum file download.

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