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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by kelvie@lemmy.ca to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

I've been using gparted live for the most part to repair all sorts of stuff, but I'm wondering if anyone else has any other more modern recommendations, preferably even ones with Wifi or more graphics card support!

I also find installing deb packages to be way slower than they should be on a modern system (what are deb packages doing that alpine apk and arch packages don't??)

Bonus if they boot fast, too.

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[-] Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me 33 points 1 year ago

My trusty Arch ISO has never failed me, and it's fairly easy to make one with a whole GUI if needed. But it's not really turnkey.

Other than that, Ubuntu is still a pretty nice distro to have if only for the fairly functional GUI and drivers out of the box. Works great for fixing stuff and browsing the web for answers.

Nice thing is with Ventoy you can have a whole bunch of them for all different needs!

[-] owisco@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago

This is the way. Since my switch to arch this has been the quickest way to get back up and running.

Before that, I’d used the gparted live image.

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