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Looking for a good distro for use on a USB stick (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have some USB sticks, and I want to use them as portable Linux USBs. However, I am stuck on which distro will function the best. Here are my possible options:

Fedora KDE Spin (installed directly to the USB)
Fedora KDE Spin (in live mode, but with persistence)
Fedora Kinoite (installed directly to the USB)
EndeavourOS

I do have a USB3 flash drive, but I would like something suitable for USB2 speeds, if that will give okay speeds. I would also prefer to use a Fedora distro, however if troubleshooting Fedora is as easy as Endeavour, then I don't mind.

I will also be installing other programs (Steam, LibreOffice, etc.) onto the USB after I install the OS.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have Linux Mint Cinnamon installed on a flash drive, and even on USB 2.0 it's pretty fast. The problem rather has been random access speed, not the transfer speed. I tried 3 unbranded flash drives from AliExpress and a Panasonic USB 3.0 flashdrive, and all of those were crap. The only one good for this has been SanDisk CruzerBlade, both USB2 and USB3 versions.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I've been running Mint XFCE this way for years! Mostly as a stupid computer trick, but it's occasionally super helpful, especially where someone just needs that one doc off a non-booting windows.