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==Installation==

There are several ways to install a Linux distribution. The most commonpopular method of installing Linux is by booting from a live [[USB memory stick]], which can be created by using a USB image writer application and the ISO image, which can be downloaded from various Linux distribution websites. DVD disks, CD disks, network installations and even other hard drives can also be used as "installation media".<ref name="JnYKa">{{cite web|url=https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch02s04.html.en|title=2.4. Installation Media|website=www.debian.org|access-date=July 23, 2018|archive-date=July 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724032431/https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch02s04.html.en|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In the 1990s, Linux distributions were installed using sets of [[floppy disk]]s but this has been abandoned by all major distributions. By the 2000s many distributions offered CD and DVD sets with the vital packages on the first disc and less important packages on later ones. Some distributions, such as [[Debian]] also enabled installation over a network after booting from either a set of floppy disks or a CD with only a small amount of data on it.<ref name="Qp3Oj">{{cite web |url=http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/ |title=Network install from a minimal CD |publisher=Debian |access-date=July 29, 2011 |archive-date=July 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728110619/http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/ |url-status=live}}</ref>