First off, a little context. I'm a 30+ year Mac user and I just bought my first PC in decades. I'm no stranger to Windows and Linux, but haven't used them as a desktop OS for about 15 years. My ...

Running Linux from a USB drive is possible. You can boot just about any distribution you want from USB. There are some things you should consider before going this route. I've used Linux in just about ...

I am using Linux 2.4 & Lilo and trying to make a 2 floppy boot system work on a USB floppy drive.<BR><BR>On a machine with a normal floppy drive (/dev/fd0) it works fine. The kernel boots, then asks ...

Ventoy allows your USB drive to act like regular storage; however, it adds an important detail. Without writing an operating system to the USB drive, it installs a small boot system once and leaves ...

So, you've been hearing all this buzz about Ubuntu for a while now and you finally want to take it for a spin? While dual booting Ubuntu with Windows is fairly straightforward, it can seem like a ...

Or maybe it's because the seemingly unlimited number of Linux distributions out there can make choosing the appropriate one for a business a daunting task. Running Linux off of a flash drive is a ...

If you choose to create a bootable USB stick, you have to use a dedicated piece of software such as Universal USB Installer or Rufus. Otherwise, you have to burn the image to a disk Boot to live ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. You've got one of these lying around. Just make it has a 4GB ...