[ale] Local source for Ubuntu 24.04 friendly desktop?

[William Wylde]

Kali will too.  Which means that Debian will.  I think Slackware will too.
You still have to turn off "secure boot", though.

On Fri, Oct 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM Boris Borisov via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> My Dell is pre UEFI and just boots from probably 2005 and boots without
> problem with UEFI usb drive.
>
> In truths I`m using Antix Linux which is hybrid type iso image and can
> boot UEFI or non UEFI ways.
>
> I also have cheap Intel Z CPU based tablet with win10 which requires UEFI.
>
> The weird part is tablet boots from 32 bit UEFI loader and then continues
> with 64 bit live OS.
>
> But choice between UEFi or "normal" way is BIOS selectable.
>
> On Fri, Oct 10, 2025, 13:26 Neal Rhodes via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>
>> Thank you Microsoft, for updating Windows 10 so it absolutely will not
>> connect to Samba on our Centos 6 RAID 1 server.  (Stuck on Centos 6 due to
>> no in-place upgrade)
>>
>> So, we gotta stand up a new server.
>>
>> I have a Dell Optiplex 740; I was gonna just buy a pair of new 2TB drives
>> and install Ubuntu 24.04 LTS on it.
>>
>> After much beating of my head against its non EUFI-ness, I have
>> determined I can get it to boot from a Rufus-built 22.04 USB.
>>
>> I cannot get it to boot from either a 24.04 CD+RW, or a 24.04 USB.
>>
>> So, the lack of EUFI on the Optiplex 740 I could ignore.
>>
>> BUT, aren't there a bajillion OptiPlex 3040, 3050, 5040, 5050 (2015-2017)
>> desktops going to the dump due to windows 11?
>>
>> Wouldn't it be smarter to find one of those and not have the EUFI
>> limitation, and start off with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS?    I'll probably be dead,
>> or brain-dead by the time we run out of updates.
>>
>> Where might one find some of those?  Or equivalent?   Preferably in-town?
>>
>> regards,
>>
>>
>> Neal
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