Boot up Pop OS in 30 mins

Disclaimer:
This article uses USB boot practice with an old PC, clean-installing(replace) its old OS. Thus it's NOT suitable for people who try to run Pop! OS on Virtual Machine or dual-boot multiple operating system.

What you need

• An old laptop(of course, any new PC is welcome.)
• USB drive

Getting Started

1. Download BalenaEtcher
   • My favorite tool to make bootable drive.
2. Download Pop!_OS ISO file from their website.
3. Flash the ISO file using BalenaEtcher into USB drive.

Now the OS is ready, so move to the laptop with which you want to use Pop OS.

1. Insert the USB drive into the computer, then reboot or power on your system. Hold F1/F2/F7 keys when doing this operation until the boot menu shows up.

2. Choose to boot up with USB drive.
   Please disable fast/secure boot-up, if any.

The details so far: https://support.system76.com/articles/live-disk/

Then just follow their built-in great instruction.

Have you readers followed up here?

I very quickly wrote up this page in the same day I set all up Pop OS, and you know what, I'm writing this content right inside Google Chrome, which is inside Pop OS. I'm so excited for this. Please leave a comment if there's any unclear point or mistake. I would like to help you out or correct.

Also please check here chat.pop-os.org.
It helped me well.

A little bit back story follows.

I heard of this GNU/Linux distribution from my co-worker then I checked out the website of System76(the maker). I just intuitively love their philosophy, UI/UX, that is, most stuffs they offer.

I wanna give it a try without buying anything so I decided to replace my dad's old Windows laptop with this. I have been Mac user about a decade, plus this laptop is from Lenovo with legacy Windows and outdated IE inside. I have no experience using Powershell so I feel very unwilling to learn some basic of it for just accomplish this mission.

I called my good friend @greenteabiscuit just for some complaint and hopefully get some knowledge about Powershell. BUT he insisted that why I don't just use USB drive to boot up, instead of learning Powershell, get a web browser, and do the rest. That was truly an Aha moment. I was totally trapped in the box that I have to ONLY use this old laptop to finish everything.

With his grateful amazing bit of advice, I successfully began the journey of Pop!_OS, following the steps above.

I sincerely wish this piece of page would similarly help you.

Happy making!