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I just installed Linux two nights ago! I tried Mint but it wouldn't install because of RST being enabled. I didn't feel comfortable trying to disable it, I was afraid I'd break something. I installed OpenSuse Tumbleweed and it went smoothly! It's been fun being on linux. I customized the theme, downloaded some updates and got Steam working. My only issue is booting into it. I have to boot into windows, restart holding shift and then boot to USB SSD from there. My next goal is getting a boot screen that will allow me to pick Linux or Windows drive.
Good for you. Happy to see a new user. Good luck on your Linux journey. And remember if someone recommends you remove the french language pack don't do it.
Tumbleweed is great for ancient devices, too. Even Arch doesn't officially support 32bit systems anymore, but OpenSuse still does
Do you have fast boot enabled in Windows? Every Linux distribution I've tried installs grub or systemd-boot by default, so not having a boot selection screen is odd.
Sounds like a bios issue, you need to set USB devices to have a higher priority than your internals,. You can probably access your bios settings by pressing something like F10-12 on boot, usually there is a splash screen that tells you what to press.