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ThinkPads and Yogas With GNU/Linux Preloaded, Rave About Ventoy
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Tom's Hardware ☛ Lenovo's top ThinkPads and Yogas go all-in on Panther Lake — business laptops come with backdoored Windows and GNU/Linux options
Lenovo is updating its high-end ThinkPad and Yoga laptops with Intel's Panther Lake Core Ultra processors at CES 2026.
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Make Use Of ☛ I carry every Windows and Linux installer on a single drive with this open-source tool
I've kept a drawer full of USB sticks for several years. These drives have been the primary place I keep my OS installers. Some are for Windows, some for the numerous Linux distros that I use, and others for recovery tools. With them, I could always wipe a drive and start over whenever a new ISO dropped. I used Etcher and Rufus, but they involved a cycle of re‑flashing.
It was with Ventoy that I broke free from that cycle. Instead of turning a USB drive into a single-purpose installer, I was able to use USB drives as normal storage that also happened to boot operating systems. Now, with a single USB drive, I carry all my Windows and Linux installers. It's a clever way to repurpose an old USB drive.