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FlashBoot is still quite new to me — 3-4 days of testing ‘n using it have shown me how much I DON’T know about it, but at the same time it has continued to work amazingly well for a new user like me. 😊 Have tried different ways of installing it to a USB, and plan to even try installing it to an SSD at some point later. However, for this FlashBoot 3-part series, FlashBoot 3.3n Pro is going to be the final part. See Part 1 & Part 2 for more info.
The FlashBoot 3.3n Free offers all that is really needed if you don’t mind customizing the Windows installation from scratch — as one would normally do. However, the FlashBoot 3.3n Pro version offers you the option of creating a “Bootable clone of Windows 8.x/10/11” — in case you would like a cloned version of the Windows setup you’re now running. The above pic shows the options that Free & Pro offer in step 3) of creating a Windows To Go USB thumbdrive. That article in listed on the main Windows 7/8/10/11 installation page — which is using an older 3.0 version, but basically the same steps. See Part 1 for differences ‘n obtaining the Free application and/or Pro zip files.
Vanilla OS 22.10 is a new Ubuntu-based Linux OS, using the GNOME 43.1 Desktop: ‘Designed to last over time and always be faithful to you. Vanilla OS is an immutable and atomic Ubuntu Linux-based Point Release distribution, that receives updates at the right time, neither before nor after, without sacrificing security and functionality‘. It uses the latest stable Linux Kernel ‘n has an ‘integrated driver management, whether it’s an AMD®, Intel®, or NVIDIA® GPU‘. I had a NVIDIA GPU and installing the driver was a breeze. Lots of interesting new options are offered, e.g., the Apx package manager, a utility which can install software from multiple distributions, such as Arch Linux, Fedora, Ubuntu.
Redcore Linux ‘is a distribution based on Gentoo Linux’ testing branch which uses a hardened profile by default‘. I’ve been trying to install Gentoo Linux, off ‘n on, for about 3-years, but am never able to make it to the graphical desktop. I can install Vanilla Arch Linux many different ways, but Gentoo Linux ‘n T2_SDE (T2 System Development Environment) are just beyond my ability. This Redcore Linux 2301 review explores the easiest path to Gentoo.
