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Linux user share hits a multi-year high on Steam for May 2025 (www.gamingonlinux.com)

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

I ended up getting it to work. I’m still not sure what the issue was, but I wiped the USB and tried using Ventoy to flash instead and that seemed to work. No idea why.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago

Strange! I quite like Ventoy, but I was a bit cautious to recommend it originally - I've seen some distros just flat out not work with it (I just picked up an old Thinkpad and Bluefin would not work via Ventoy for example), and while I assumed Mint would probably work, I couldn't be sure.

I'll definitely remember that for the next time I see someone installing Mint though, so I appreciate you letting me know what fixed it!

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

It actually took two attempts with Ventoy, the first time the drive failed part way through. I think it overheated or something, it was very hot. I had to wipe it and try again, giving it time unplugged to cool down between flashing it and installing it, and that seemed to work fine. Probably a hardware issue though, it’s a cheap drive

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