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artyom@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Download the .iso file of your favorite distro from their website
Download Fedora Media Writer
Plug in external media (flash/thumb drive, etc.)
Select .iso and thumb drive in Fedora Media Writer and let her rip.
Restart PC.
While PC is booting, press whatever your BIOS button is (do a web search for “[laptop/motherboard] BIOS button” or watch the display while booting)
Look for boot priority in the BIOS and set the thumb drive to the highest.
Restart
After booting, test WiFi, BT and audio functionality.
Follow on-screen instructions to install
Remove install media and reboot
Install any and all available updates using your package manager (Software, Discover, Pop Shop, etc.)
Restart one more time

The end.

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cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
You need to backup any data you want to keep to another drive before installing.

Make sure there’s nothing important on the flash drive too. Writing the iso will erase everything on it.

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jjjalljs@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

After booting, test WiFi, BT and audio functionality.

This is an important step. One time I boldly just installed without testing anything in the live session, and discovered that HDMI and Ethernet didn’t work. Woops.

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- Olgratin_Magmatoe@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Yikes. Did you at least have a working display port or something?
  
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  - jjjalljs@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Yeah, display port worked fine. It was when I plugged the second monitor in to HDMI I realized the problem. And then couldn’t get online to search for issues.
    
    I had to tether the desktop to my phone over USB to get a network connection.
    
    I later installed pop!_os , tested all that stuff, and it worked out of the box.
    
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PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Download Fedora Media Writer

I’ve been using Balena Etcher, but now I have an alternative, thanks!

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- artyom@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Yeah, everyone seems to use Balena. They had some controversy a while back. Never really paid attention. FMW has the benefit of drop-down for official distros and it’s available on all platforms (unlike Rufus).
  
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  - punkfungus@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Balena started collecting telemetry without disclosing it to anyone, reportedly including information about what images you were flashing. Apart from a general distaste for unconsensual telemetry, I think people were concerned the data could be used for things like helping to de-anonymize TAILS users.
    
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