can I mail my USB drive to anyone to put either ubuntu or Linux on it?

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answer:There are places to download linux for free like here where you’ll need to choose a distribution to download. The top one on the site is pc linux You could probably go to your local library and download the file onto your usb stick if bandwidth is a problem where you are.

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