I've got a copy of Slax on a thumb drive and have used various live media distros on a flash drive to install Linux on machines that didn't have optical drives (or had optical drives that didn't work) but if you install from optical media to a thumb drive then GRUB is gonna want to know where that drive went every time you boot up the machine. On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 8:56 PM Tom Ashcraft <trailerdog234@comcast.net> wrote:
Install to a USB stick. A 64 GB USB 3.0 SanDisk Ultra Flair is ideal. $15 at Walmart. Weighs exactly 5 grams, same as a nickel. Great form factor and mechanically solid: 3/16" x 7/16" x 1-1/4" and you can keep it stashed in your pocket encrypted with all essential records and files for use on multiple machines. Great for testing and experimenting, redundancy, extra space, cheap insurance, etc. Not that I'm a fan of Walmart or that better deals can't be had, but certainly cheaper and less hassle than another computer to worry about. On 7/29/20 1:39 PM, Don Crowder wrote:
Thanks, I ran across it, as GNU/Linux OS, a couple of days ago and was curious about it but I don't currently have a machine I'm willing to use for distro-hopping so I did no more than read about it.
On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 11:36 AM Brian O'Keefe <okeefe@cybermesa.com> wrote:
Hello All,
I was poking around and looking at a website specifically re: Gnu and the Hurd OS. Hurd doesn't really work much at all but there were 6 OSes listed that were certified FOSS and approved by Stallman. They each used the linux kernel. I downloaded PureOS and installed in as a virtual machine (in the non-FOSS Vbox). After a few tweaks it was up and running and I really like it. I would migrate to it if I had a clue how to keep everything. It's fast and clean, the FOSS browser works perfectly. No issues with sound nor anything else. It's Debian based so its Gnome GUI is very familiar.
Just thought that I'd let you all know.
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