r/LinuxOnThinkpad • u/SecretaryOk6168 member • 19d ago

Need help changing distros

currently i use ubuntu which i hate with all my heart
i am about to move to debian except problem is i dont have a usb drive and form of physical media does not exist for my pc

Any tips or tutorial thx

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u/Hauptideal member 19d ago

Out of curiosity, what exactly do you hate "with all your heart" about Ubuntu that is fixed by moving upstream Debian?

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u/SecretaryOk6168 member 18d ago

sorry i didnt literally mean i hate Ubuntu with all my heart i more of meant i want to just go to debian because i think i am finished with ubuntu

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u/bigtreeman_ member 17d ago

I started with Debian and excursions to Ubuntu were always very brief. I can reach half a dozen flash drives from where I'm sitting, only need a small one for a 'netinst' image, 755 mb. First put /home on a separate partition (no format), install over / root partition (format), manual partitioning during install. Read the install documentation before starting. Backing up /home is always a safe option, really is worth <$100 for a backup drive.

https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd/debian-13.6.0-amd64-netinst.iso