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Whats on your USB stick? Looking for recommendations for handy tools (slrpnk.net)
submitted 2 years ago by Sunny@slrpnk.net to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Looking for recommendations for a versatile USB stick with Ventoy. I'm trying to create the "perfect, all-in-all" USB stick using Ventoy to store various ISOs and rescue tools. So far, I have the following ISOs:

  • Arch
  • OpenSuse TW
  • NixOS
  • Bazzite + AuroraDX
  • Win10 ISO
  • Clonezilla

I'm looking for suggestions on additional ISOs or tools that are compatible with Ventoy. What do you recommend adding to make my USB stick to make it more useful?

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[-] RandomLegend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Looking at my Ventoy stick i have multiple folders for different OS:

Arch_Based:

  • CachyOS
  • Garuda

Debian_Based:

  • Debian Bookworm
  • Mint
  • Zorin OS

Fedora_Based:

  • Fedora Silverblue
  • Nobara

GamingBox

  • Bazzite
  • ChimeraOS

ServerOS:

  • Ubuntu Server
  • TrueNAS Scale

Windows:

  • Tiny10
  • Tiny11

Tools:

  • Avira Rescue System
  • SuperGrub2
  • UBCD
[-] Sunny@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing! What size is your usb-stick?

[-] RandomLegend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago

It's a 64GB stick and i manually keep it in sync with my netbootxyz instance

[-] Sunny@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 years ago

Ohhh I've meant to try out netbootxyz for a while now, thanks for the reminder!

[-] RandomLegend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago

you're welcome!

to be fair, it's more of a gimmick when using it in your home. I have a notebook that i use to test out new distros on and i can hook it up to my LAN and quickly install something without whipping out the USB stick.

Also the mini gaming pc hooked to my TV is a victim of being reinstalled every couple months after i tinker around too much.

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