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The #NetBSD Project offers a live image for AMD64 that includes X11 and features persistence.
Why does nobody ever talk about this?
I put this image on a USB drive, booted it, logged in as root (no password needed), created a user account, started X, configured the network, and i everything was still there after a reboot.
https://cdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/images/11.0/NetBSD-11.0-amd64-live.img.gz
@passthejoe It's probably one of the coolest things about linux, BSD etc. Booting off of a live image is a great noncommittal way to try a distro and I remember doing it a lot back in the day. (and I really should look into BSD, thanks for the reminder).
@passthejoe
thanks for the reminder. i will try this today. 💯
@passthejoe Great when you click a link expecting some kind of document and you end up with a complete installer. Just what I needed, so great :-)
It's a great way to find out how your hardware reacts to NetBSD. So far, this laptop (2017 HP Pavilion) is doing great.
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@passthejoe @netbsd Netbsd needs an easy live installer. Using something Calamares-live, installing a minimal but functional XFCE desktop and offering a choice for full disk encryption (to get the laptop users)