You can also use pv to see a nice progress bar:

pv path/to/awesome.iso > /dev/disk/usb-drive

Absolutely, I daily drive Mint and it’s one of my favorite things about it!

And when I installed Chromium from the command line as a deb, it OVERWROTE my wish, and installed Chromium as a snap too.

This right here is my issue with Ubuntu. A huge part of Linux for me is that I am in control of my OS and machine. If I use apt to install a package, it’s because I want the .deb version. I absolutely don’t need my OS telling me “I know what you asked for, but I’m going to give you the snap version anyway”.

I could see snaps being preferred over .debs in the Software app, sure (though they shouldn’t be the only option). But replacing apps in a command line tool is garbage.

Even the Steam Deck isn’t locked to their flavor, so I highly doubt a full pc would be.

I’ve installed Mint on a 6 recently. Setting up the boot settings was a minor hassle, but everything else was very smooth. Definitely recommend the linux-surface kernel.

Yes, I do! Thanks!

bs=1M

This part varies based on your hardware (my hardware is much faster with a value of 4096) , but other than that it’s everything.

Here is a handy script that can help determine which bs size is best for your hardware.

Don’t let this man distract you from the fact that in 1998, KDE Plasma threw Gnome off Hell In A Cell, and plummeted 16 ft through an announcer’s table.

Jagex’s help site links to this github which is a collection of working Linux projects, including bolt.

It’s not perfect, but I consider it as Jagex saying it’s fine.

Yes, this is exactly what I did when they forced the change a while back.

It’s actually kinda nice because it’s only one login now and easy to switch between them.

Since they changed to Jagex accounts, you can’t use Runelite directly anymore.

I use this launcher now. It lets you login to your Jagex account, then choose to play in either Runelite or the official client.

The ol’ cosmic bit flip

I believe their point is that their language is left to right, so it just makes sense to them to have the tabs structure left to right as well.

I happen to share this sentiment, but can understand why some people may like it different.

For those that like the status bar dd provides, I highly recommend pv

pv diskimage.iso > /dev/usb

I’ve got ProtonVPN set up through wireguard on my system and it works great. Only caveat is that you have to set up multiple profiles if you want different locations, secure core, etc. Not a big deal in my use case, but something to consider.

https://protonvpn.com/support/wireguard-manual-linux/

OpenCore is what I used on my 2009 MBP to bring it all the way to Ventura

Terminal emulator with cloud sign-in. Ah yes, that’s exactly where I should be entering my root password. Genius.

Pretty sure this is just malware with extra steps.

Nextcloud uses webDAV, so it definitely can be mounted as a network drive (this is how I primarily use it, and it works well).

Yes, there are plenty of other options. No one is going to dispute that.

But Kali is a fine distro, even for regular users.

• Rolling release keeps things up to date
• Popular means plenty of troubleshooting info
• Documentation is excellent
• Debian-based means the core is stable and well-tested
• Designed specifically with USB-based use in mind (for OP)

Don’t discount it just because “edgy haxor distro xD”. It’s a solid Linux and popular for a reason.

Why not?

It’s a well-maintained, Debian-based distro with several DEs to choose from and live USB persistence available out of the box.

Seems to fit OP’s needs pretty spot on.