Friday, May 21, 2010

Turn your USB flash drive into a tiny computer.

Flash Drive

A post on suite 101 by Ben Lingenfelter.  This post compares linux distributions able to be launched from a USB drive.  For the non-linux initiated, this means that you can have your own personal virtual computer complete with your applications, documents, and information wherever you go.
There are several methods of turning a regular USB Flash or "pen" drive into a bootable drive running a Linux OS platform, and there are lots of advantages to doing so. First, it's like carrying a pocket-sized personal computer. Second, booting from it essentially changes every different computer into the same one.

Read more at Suite101: Best Linux Distro for USB Flash Pen Drives: Comparing Puppy, Slax, xPUD, and DSL Linux Distributions http://freeware-shareware.suite101.com/article.cfm/best_linux_distro_for_usb_flash_pen_drives#ixzz0oWRKh6UA

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