I was wondering if theur was a gui linux distro with a live cd/usb feature that will boot on both macs and pcs. I thought that they were universal but just read and found out apparently not. My top picks would be ubuntu,zorin or linux mint but if another will work by all means say. The macs are all intel based if that helps. I would perfer a cd/dvd image instead of usb.
Live Linux cd that works on mac and pc?
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I personally using Zorin, as Im browsing this forum, Im running on LiveZorin on my PC.. but Im not sure if it will be just fine on MACs but why not? MAC are unix-based right? 
have a try... I make booatable usb using RUFUS
https://rufus.akeo.ie/
have a try... I make booatable usb using RUFUS https://rufus.akeo.ie/
I'd like to know where you read this.
Every version of Linux I've downloaded has been an ISO. From there, you have to burn it to USB or DVD. Now, the tool that does the burning...yeah, that's gonna be Mac or Windows, because you're running that tool within that environment. From there, tho, I've never had an issue plugging it in, and booting from it, unless the BIOS doesn't support booting from USB.
My current favorite is XUbuntu.
Every version of Linux I've downloaded has been an ISO. From there, you have to burn it to USB or DVD. Now, the tool that does the burning...yeah, that's gonna be Mac or Windows, because you're running that tool within that environment. From there, tho, I've never had an issue plugging it in, and booting from it, unless the BIOS doesn't support booting from USB.
My current favorite is XUbuntu.
I'm not sure wear I just googled will a linux live cd work on mac and windows and went from there. I thought it was odd also. All the ones iv ever tried are in isos. I guess they said know because of macs efi and windows bios being diffrent. Thanks though for the suggestion I didn't think of xbuntu!
I use it occasionaly in vbox and like it. Its also windows like which is sorta what I would perfer. I agree it should work and only one way to find out! Do you somehow save your apps/progress/settings/files each live session to the usb or other device?
UEFI is supported by Windows.
What MAY happen is, you have to pay attention to options when you burn the image. The structures to support booting from BIOS (which is totally obsolete) are different from those letting you boot from UEFI. But that does not apply if you burn it yourself...the burning utility will give you the option, probably. OR, it'll use UEFI.
What MAY happen is, you have to pay attention to options when you burn the image. The structures to support booting from BIOS (which is totally obsolete) are different from those letting you boot from UEFI. But that does not apply if you burn it yourself...the burning utility will give you the option, probably. OR, it'll use UEFI.
You need a burning prog that will support creating a bootable disk...if they do, then yes. I've always used USB; it's easier and faster. And tools like Rufus, where this is their primary task: creating bootable versions. I can't remember which one I used for sure now...I've got 3 different apps stashed on the folder where I keep the ISOs. Rufus, universal-usb-installer, and one called Win32DiskImager. I bet that one's specialized. I *think* it was the universal USB installer.
BTW: 3 reasons to do this to USB.
1. Faster.
2. I've got systems that don't have a CD or DVD. Loading the OS is just about the ONLY use I have for one.
3. No wasteage. Burn doesn't go well? Try a different burning tool and do it again.
1. Faster.
2. I've got systems that don't have a CD or DVD. Loading the OS is just about the ONLY use I have for one.
3. No wasteage. Burn doesn't go well? Try a different burning tool and do it again.
that's pretty much what I have for usbs. I dont like win32 because it partions the drive weird and a pain to fix. I'm just going to try it out. I need a cd/dvd as not all computers supoort usb boot and on the macs need to added in startup disk which isn't avaliable.
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