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One thing that's a little heart-breaking about Pop!_OS is that it seems like they don't give you clear directions on how to verify the integrity and authenticity of their ISO when you download it.

Consequently, I made some directions myself which I will share here. These are directions for the LTS Nvidia ISO, but they're easily adapted for other ISOs.

First, just browse to https://pop.system76.com, click DOWNLOAD, and copy the link for your preferred ISO (again, in this example we'll use the Nvidia one). Paste that link into a terminal:

https://iso.pop-os.org/22.04/amd64/nvidia/35/pop-os_22.04_amd64_nvidia_35.iso

From there, create/run the following commands:

wget https://iso.pop-os.org/22.04/amd64/nvidia/35/pop-os_22.04_amd64_nvidia_35.iso
wget https://iso.pop-os.org/22.04/amd64/nvidia/35/SHA256SUMS
wget https://iso.pop-os.org/22.04/amd64/nvidia/35/SHA256SUMS.gpg

You now should have downloaded three files, including the ISO. Next, import the signing key:

gpg --recv-keys 204DD8AEC33A7AFF

Finally, from within the same directory, run:

sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS
gpg --verify SHA256SUMS.gpg SHA256SUMS

Verify the output of the above commands, and you'll be ready to install Pop!_OS.

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