ZDNET's key takeaways 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 ...

Whatever the case, a portable Linux installation on a flash drive can be used in place of a normal storage drive in your PC.

Universal USB Installer is a Live Linux USB Creator that allows you to choose from a selection of Linux Distributions to put on your USB Flash Drive. The Universal USB Installer is easy to use. Simply ...

Windows: Having a full Linux operating system on a USB thumb drive is pretty neat. Having that OS customized, with your own favorite apps and all your settings intact, is far more helpful. This ...

In the latest round of upgrades and new installs of openSUSE around here I decided to take a different approach and use the network install and install from a USB stick rather than a DVD. While I was ...

But You're A Noob! As someone relatively new to Linux land, I may not seem like the ideal candidate to critically evaluate a Linux desktop OS installer. Then again ...

One of the drawbacks of buying a barebones PC like Intel’s NUC—at least if you’re a Windows user—is that it comes with no operating system. The big PC OEMs get Windows at a steep discount compared to ...

Welcome to an ongoing series here at Forbes that zeroes in on your very first experience with a desktop Linux operating system: the installer. This time around I'm checking out a distribution my ...

MX Linux 25 “Infinity” is a polished, meaningful upgrade. It successfully refreshes the base, modernises the tooling, and ...