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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Nice thing about GNOME DE is it comes with Gnome Disks. Select device, click the restore image button and point to the ISO

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Or you could just install it on any other system with Wayland or x11.

Gparted works fine for me, so that's what I use.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Gparted is awesome. But probably overwhelming for newbies just looking to burn an iso to USB. Raspberry PI Image Writer works very simply also.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I like how simple Mint's USB image writer makes it for newbies, both to look it up in the menu as well as the simple UI

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Yes, mint is good like that. GNOME has a separate Image Writer app/icon, but it has been turned off by default. So it is less discoverable for new people, but more simplified as is the GNOME way