It's so good to be able to use a USB flash drive.<br>They're faster and quieter than CDs, not to mention they pay for themselves in about a week if you distro-hop like I do!<br>I've used unetbootin in the past; which is good because it can download from a large list of distros, soyou can just press go and walk away. Also its cross-platform..<br>
It doesn't have quite as good an interface as this one though, so may not be as good for new users?<br>What is MM? Is it a magazine?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/1/21 Bob Marshall <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mbob71@yahoo.com">mbob71@yahoo.com</a>></span><br>
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Hello everyone. <span style="font-weight: bold;"> MM</span> has recently run an article on using Live Linux to install a complete working distro on a USB key. I know this is no big trick for those with a feel for Linux, but I have found it works perfectly and can thoroughly recommend it.<br>
<br>I used a 4GB key and my wife's Windows box - Live Linux is a Windows program! - to install Mint Gloria; since I did this, I have upgraded to Firefox 3.5.7 using Ubuntuzilla, removed Open Office and replaced it with AbiWord and removed GIMP altogether.<br>
<br>It boots from the key in a reasonably up-to-date box and will run in Windows under its own built-in VirtualBox on Winboxes. <br><br>Well done to the people who made it; I hope this might be of some value to our friends in NLUG. The Live Linux site is: <a href="http://www.linuxliveusb.com/" target="_blank">http://www.linuxliveusb.com/</a><br>
<br>Happy New Year if it's not too late to say so, and I look forward to seeing you again when the weather and my old bones make it viable to trudge along to the Nav!<br><br>Bob M.<br><br></td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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