I just burned a CD-R...

#PartyLikeIts1999
@kim with a match and some petrol? Ceremonially?
@quixoticgeek Putting a proper OS on an indestructible old laptop that doesn't seem to want to boot from USB.

Interestingly the level of fucking around was considerably lower than the last time I did a USB install on something. (90% of the effort was googling to find out which key gets you into the BIOS, as is usual for laptops.)