I’m currently using Ubuntu and I want try a different distro because I have an older computer and Ubuntu is pretty slow. So far the only one I’ve tried was Porteus and while it does boot and load apps very quickly I had an issue where Porteus wouldn’t boot if it was installed on top of ext4 but would boot fine if it was installed on top of fat32, which is also another potential problem because Porteus requires a save file for persistence when using Windows filesystems. If there is a problem where my computer can’t boot with an ext4 filesystem, Ubuntu doesn’t have this problem because sda1/2/3 all use a different filesystem.
If I’m correct on this, would I be better off trying Porteus on ext3/2 and hoping it works or just use it with fat32 and have a separate partition formatted for ext4 to serve the same purpose as sda3 in Ubuntu and possibly store the save file (if I have the correct understanding of how save files work).
Also, I would just use NTFS but not only have I heard that it has issues with Linux, I’ve had issues using it with Linux, so I’m using fat32 for stability.
I’m commenting from my phone now because I can’t boot into either distros now and I’m trying a solution that someone else mentioned but for some reason, everything is extremely slow and nothing in the LiveCD is working properly. My computer is probably dying and I don’t have another computer that I can run Linux properly on, so I’ll probably have to switch back to Windows until I can afford a new computer.
Anyways, in the bios there is only UEFI and legacy. That’s what I thought you meant when you said there were two boot options. The LiveCD only gives me one boot option.
It’s too late for this, I’m just going to go to bed and hope for a miracle.