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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Is there any easy way to install a Linux distribution directly to a USB drive? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I want to install Debian directly onto my USB drive. Is there an easy way to do this directly without having to reboot to run the installer?

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Copy a live cd iso using dd.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

This doesn't really install it, though, you can't update or permanently edit and config, set up users, or anything like that. I would guess OP wants something more like booting the ISO in a VM, allocating a thumb drive to that VM, and then installing a full system to it with a boot loader.