Alright, so today, I decided to mess around with Diamond Distro. I’d heard some whispers about it, figured I’d see what the fuss was about. First things first, I needed to get my hands on the ISO. So, I fired up my browser and did a quick search.
Found it, no problem. Download started. While that was cooking, I grabbed a spare USB drive. Gotta have something to boot it from, right?
Making the Bootable USB
Once the download finished, time to make this USB drive bootable. I usually use Rufus for this – it’s simple and gets the job done. I plugged in the USB, opened up Rufus, selected the Diamond Distro ISO, and hit start. Pretty standard stuff, really. Just let it do its thing until it says it’s finished.
Booting it Up
With the bootable USB ready, I rebooted my test machine. Slammed the key to get into the BIOS – might be F2, F12, Delete, or something else, depends on your machine. Changed the boot order to boot from the USB first, saved the changes, and let it restart.
And there it was! Diamond Distro’s boot screen popped up. Looked pretty slick, I gotta say. I chose to boot into the live environment first, just to get a feel for things before committing to a full install.
Taking it for a Spin
Once it loaded up, I started poking around. Checked out the desktop environment, opened up some default applications, played with the settings a bit. Everything felt pretty smooth. Seems like they put some thought into making it user-friendly.
I was thinking about the file * is kind of important for me,so I spent much time to play with it.
The Actual Install
After messing around for a while, I decided to go for it and install it. The installer was pretty straightforward – select your language, time zone, keyboard layout, all that usual jazz. Then you gotta partition your drive. I usually just go with the default options unless I have a specific setup in mind.
Next, it asked me to create a user account and password. Picked a username, set a strong password, and hit continue. Then it was just a waiting game while it copied all the files and set everything up.
First Boot After Install
Finally, it finished installing and prompted me to reboot. I pulled out the USB drive, hit enter, and waited. And there it was, booting up from the hard drive. Logged in with the user I created, and everything looked just like it did in the live environment, only now it’s permanent.
So, that’s pretty much it. My first run-through with Diamond Distro. Seemed pretty solid, but I’ll need to spend some more time with it to really get a good feel for it. But so far, so good!