One of the biggest advantages of Linux is that, unlike macOS and Windows, you don’t have to wipe your hard drive to test it. You can test it right from a USB stick.

Etcher is the easiet ISO image burning software we've come across in a very long time that allows you to Flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives.

The ISO image is in hybrid format, so you can dd it directly to a USB stick or burn it to a DVD - at 1.7GB it is far too large for a CD.