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submitted 1 year ago by QuietStorm@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

i use windows because its the only os i know how to use. i want to get into things like torrenting because free stuff is cool but im afraid to. ive heard of tails os, a os that boots from a flash drive, is that worth checking out or should i stick with windows?

what is your advice? what should i do?

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[-] phanto@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

One thing I have done more of, of late, is using an external drive plugged in to the fastest usb port I've got (thunderbolt, in my case), and installing Mint on there. I've got an NVME enclosure with Linux Mint Debian Edition on it, and it has a USB A or C cable, so I can boot into it from several different computers. It's also great for rescuing files off of non-booting Windows machines. You take a bit of a speed hit, but it's not as bad as you'd think, and it fits in my pocket. (Good party trick, too.)

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