On 24/07/2017 04:59, Paul A. Rubin wrote:
BTW, you can download a bootable version of Mint to a USB memory stick and run it from the stick, to see if everything works (in particular, all peripheral devices). If you like it, you can install from the stick. I'm not sure if the equivalent is available with Ubuntu, but it might be.
Yes, Ubuntu can be flashed to a USB stick, then you can boot and run the OS from the stick and/or start installation to your HD whenever you like. T.