cannedtuna@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoOP doesn’t like Linuxlemmy.worldimagemessage-square279linkfedilinkarrow-up11.01Karrow-down146
arrow-up1967arrow-down1imageOP doesn’t like Linuxlemmy.worldcannedtuna@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square279linkfedilink
minus-squarewarmaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoOn my work laptop I boot to Aurora Linux from an USBC caddy with an M2 SSD inside. The laptop’s internal drive is still factory fresh. Ask your IT guy, he might be cool with that. The laptop itself is unchanged. Windows OEM license untouched.
minus-squareAnti_Iridium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoGlad you have a cool IT team. As an IT guy, I also want to remind people that if you don’t ask, the answer is automatically no.
minus-squareuntorquer@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoI guess i haven’t thought much about live booting. I guess that could be nice for travel. Bring one fewer devices.
minus-squarewarmaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 month agoTechnically, it’s not live booting. It’s normally installed, just on an external drive. The OS doesn’t feel the difference. You just chose to boot to it from the BIOS. I set it to always boot to Linux by default and Windows as a fallback.
On my work laptop I boot to Aurora Linux from an USBC caddy with an M2 SSD inside. The laptop’s internal drive is still factory fresh.
Ask your IT guy, he might be cool with that. The laptop itself is unchanged. Windows OEM license untouched.
Glad you have a cool IT team. As an IT guy, I also want to remind people that if you don’t ask, the answer is automatically no.
I guess i haven’t thought much about live booting. I guess that could be nice for travel. Bring one fewer devices.
Technically, it’s not live booting. It’s normally installed, just on an external drive. The OS doesn’t feel the difference. You just chose to boot to it from the BIOS. I set it to always boot to Linux by default and Windows as a fallback.