If you use a DAC, I can recommend Strawberry for the USB to DAC support.
If you use a DAC, I can recommend Strawberry for the USB to DAC support.
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I have no idea (yet) what I’ll do when I buy one.
There are a range of ways to have multiple distro’s on a single USB if they fit, but really, this is something you should just try for yourself. I did the same and ended up trying all sorts. Icurrently have a USB drive with Mint and Puppy. Mint for when I want to have a full distro and Puppy for everything else. Me personally, I find Puppy the simplest , fastest and easiest on any machine without buckefsfull of RAM. It even works on my really old laptop with 1GB.
Try Parrot OS, Home edition. Smooth, reliable, does everything well and super easy to add your favourite opensource software. It’s flagged as a security distro, but it’s actually a highly rated Distro without any of that
With the Atom processor, I had “best” result with Puppy linux whether from USB or actually installed to hard drive. I could run Lubuntu, MX, etc., Tiny core, for me, was a little too little and certainly not “fit and forget”. When I bought a new (to me) laptop with more RAM and later chipset, I still stayed with Puppy. There’s very little that can’t be done with it.
Its the Hi-res direct output to your DAC. Its under Settings - Backend. It’s Clementine reworked to allow this. If you don’t use a DAC in your setup, there is no real advantage.