That’s all I use Linux mint but guess LMDE will be fine. I have that read in 64 and 32 for older machines but rare I need it. Same with xfce needed that last year on a netbook as it only had 2 GB memory not upgraded
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Ventoy on a 64GB USB running with Gentoo, this was created using the
“tar -xvf ventoy-1.1.05-linux.tar.gz”.
The only problem with Ventoy and Gentoo, is that the kernel has to be loaded with the “grub c” command or use the USB drive in a Windows PC and load the ISO,s with Windows.
If you use the Ventoy ISO, you will have to use something like Etcher to create the Ventoy USB drive.
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That is what I was expecting to do from an iso.
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@callpaul.eu
Did a grub c command “linux /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sdc1” and Mint now boots from the Ventoy drive.
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Yeah, it is not really a Ventoy alternative, it is more like a portable linux setup.
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I haven’t dared look at this years’ French forms on line yet but I am expecting, as in every year, there will be changes again 
As a retraité with pension income only coming from UK there should be a much shorter version available but I get the impression that the Fisc use this exercise as training ground for new programmers to cut their teeth on. They certainly don’t seem to have any meaningful debugging or UI testing skills (perhaps that comes later in their career path) 
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How is that simpler than dragging and dropping an ISO image?
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Well actually it is comparing apples with oranges. I would like to take back that line.
Writing Ventoy to a usb drive is a bit messy. Copying the iso files to a setup Ventoy usb is simple, as you say.
Booting an iso from a Ventoy usb involves choosing a boot method from among some mysterious options.
I tried, and found it annoying and unreliable. When I really needed my SystemRescueCD it would not boot it.
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Hi Neville
Not too messy in my opinion.
As @Tech_JA says.
Just get the tar.gz file from the Ventoy site.
Extract it then open a terminal IN the Ventoy folder and run the command for install.
Screenshot is from this site.
https://homelab.casaursus.net/ventoy/
Not all iso’s I’ve put on a Ventoy stick have worked, but most have.
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This is undoubtedly the core problem. If you are out in the wild with an all-in-one stick, “most” might not be sufficient.
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Absolutely.
But for a several PC home user it doesn’t really matter.
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There is also multibootusb
No idea how well it works. Never tried it.
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Quite correct,
Even with my collection of usb keys with the same on 3 of them created at the same time on the same machine one will not work. But if i install from another, then go back to the first to re do it, functions fine.
I wouldn’t bother with multibootusb.
Their website is unreachable.
I’m happy enough with Ventoy but maybe YUMI is worth a look.
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I am doing it for business so bit different.
Not seen that one before, if ventoy causes me pain will try that
You might be right in this case. Personally, I prefer solutions that work at the first glance.
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Me too.
Have to rely on the hardware and software not failing for that.
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Yes, in case you can. But if you don’t know the systems in advance …?
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With you on that one, but normally I work with older boxes that have had windows on and not possible to upgrade or have had so many virus issues I can be fighting a loosing battle
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