Hey Sup Forums,
If I want to be able to carry around my operating system, data and applications all on a USB stick, what is the best way to go about doing this?
My ultimate goal is to be able to plug it into any computer and have my full system ready to go with all my settings and data.
What Linux distro is best for this?
Any useful apps to make this process easier/efficient?
Finally, what kind of USB is best?
Thanks
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Ubuntu with persistence was a buggy shitfest so go with Tails with persistence. Also, we have a general for such questions called /sqt/, next time, ask it there.
just install your /home dir into that usb and install what ever distro you want on all your computers.
If its an arch then login with arch user if its ubuntu then you put ubuntu. The main data will be linked to the rest of the user.
You might want to look into Puppy Linux. Its whole goal is to run from RAM, meaning you can store it on a flash drive just as you would a hard drive.
Running from RAM is important for this kind of thing because if you're constantly reading and writing to your USB stick, it will die very quickly.
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Kali linux has a usb encrypted persistence option
2nd-ing puppy, I was using it while it was being maintained by the creator Barry. Now it's still solid but a cluster fuck.
I no longer use it though due to acquiring some i5 and 17 dell laptops and hp small form factor desktops.
You will want to partition the drive for storage, and other distros to boot into.
Hey so weirdly this is the project I've been working on for awhile.
If your using a windows comp get a program called rufus for formatting your usb stick. Most popular linux distros have live booting support.
I've done it with ubuntu, fedora, and kali.
also some bios/uefi have trouble booting from newer usb sticks so if you want it to be more general you might want to find and older one
>Thinking a public library would allow a random person to wipe a workstation to install Linux on it
Persistent storage Linux
Really?
I did not know this. I am thinking to do the same and buy a 3 year old USB and use persistence.
Thanks
>Now it's still solid but a cluster fuck.
care to explain that contradiction?
Puppy linux or Slax
you're phone
A better question is what kind of computers you would be plugging it into?
I would not use any of the persistent options, and would instead boot from one flashdrive snd install on another.
Windows machines
>acquire generic livecd distro
>set up a home server
>ssh/vnc/rdp into it from the livecd
That's a given, I meant hardware wise.
usb drives are slow asfuck
use an external hdd instead
You realize both are bottlenecked by the USB port speed.