So would someone be willing to put some operating systems on a USB stick for me? Maybe two Manjaro and two Puppy Linuxes, that they think may work with my computer and aren't way out of date like this one I am using? And also put a Manjaro on a DVD and post them off through one of those hopefully safer couriers? I will pop along to that Manjaro site and see what one I most catches my fancy. Thanks. On 2021-09-14 16:31, Peter Reutemann wrote:
On booting it says: ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A07
and
manjaro .x89_64 kde so I guess it's a 64 bit program.
Yes, I'd say so. And it looks like you are running KDE.
Is that enough information? I tried getting the information from the terminal window again but couldn't. I could go to that place on booting that provides information. If it's not enough information, could you please tell me what I am looking for?
I would like to run it off DVD. My computer's I buy I don't have a hard disk in them I just run the operating system off DVD or maybe it's a CD but I think it's a DVD. I do this on purpose so that hackers and people who spread malware have a harder time with me. I also don't run the operating system off a stick so that hopefully such people have another roadblock.
Hmm... Though attackers won't be able to modify the actual system that you are running (since that will get wiped every time you reboot), this is not necessarily a good approach. The problem is that an attacker can still infect your system while you are running it and then monitor your session for internet logins (email, bank, etc). An up-to-date system is - in my opinion - still the better approach.
Also I would probably like a Manjaro Operating System again if possible.
Manjaro is still around: https://manjaro.org/download/
Comes in XFCE, KDE or Gnome as desktop environment.
I think Tom told me that to suggest that I could put multiple operating systems on the same stick and if one didn't work then another hopefully would. Maybe a few could be put on a stick and one on disc that you think would work and those two items sent out in the same package.
I only ever use a USB stick to set up a system.
But it looks like you can use "MultiBootUSB" to install multiple live systems on a single USB drive: https://itsfoss.com/multiple-linux-one-usb/
Cheers, Peter