I'm currently dual-booting Win 10 and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. I used my last flash drive for Ubuntu and I'd like to keep it. I'd also like to try some other Linux distros such as Manjaro and Mint Cinnamon. Can I simply install one Linux distro from another? Seems straightforward, but is it more trouble than it's worth? I don't care about /home and sharing files and swap areas I just want to know in simple terms how to install another Linux distro. Please advise thanks.
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The most straight-forward way is to get a new USB pendrive.
But I use USB pendrives as temporary devices. I store the iso files, that are still interesting, and when I want to test a linux distro in some computer, I clone from the iso file to a USB pendrive - In other words, you can re-use your pendrive several times, and need not be afraid of removing ubuntu from it. When the pendrive gets tired and slow, you can wipe the whole device with mkusb in order to refresh it.
You can also create a menuentry for your iso file in your grub menu. This way you can boot directly from the iso file. (But it might be difficult to find the command lines to boot linux distros, that are new for you.)
You can use one of the available tools to create a multiboot USB drive. In this case the tool provides the command lines to boot into several linux distros.
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