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Linux Distro For Use On A Flash Drive (self.linux)

submitted 1 year ago by abuttifulpigeon to c/[email protected]

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School is starting up soon, and I want to install a stable distro to a 64GB flash drive that i own will remain stable while booting onto at least 2 computers (my home PC for maintenance and my School laptop for, well school).

I was thinking of just using Debian, but wasn’t sure if it would work well in terms of compatibility with my requirements.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You could try Tails, it's specifically made for this purpose. It's ui is a bit old looking though, and it's not that user friendly. If you can stand xfce or kde though, you'll feel right at home though.

[–] abuttifulpigeon 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No, I meant I need a mobile workstation. Anonymity is not my primary goal here, but I will have Mullvad on.

[–] warmaster 3 points 1 year ago

I had the same need, and tried Tails thinking it would serve me well as a mobile workstation, but it ended up complicating things. Almost nothing is persistent.

Tails is good for other use cases.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That's what I use tails for. Persistent storage for files and software make it really convinient to travel around with.