<div dir="ltr">I've got a copy of Slax on a thumb drive and have used various live media distros on a flash drive to install Linux on machines that didn't have optical drives (or had optical drives that didn't work) but if you install from optical media to a thumb drive then GRUB is gonna want to know where that drive went every time you boot up the machine.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 8:56 PM Tom Ashcraft <<a href="mailto:trailerdog234@comcast.net">trailerdog234@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Install to a USB stick. A 64 GB USB 3.0 SanDisk Ultra Flair is
ideal. $15 at Walmart. Weighs exactly 5 grams, same as a
nickel. Great form factor and mechanically solid: 3/16" x 7/16"
x 1-1/4" and you can keep it stashed in your pocket encrypted with
all essential records and files for use on multiple machines.
Great for testing and experimenting, redundancy, extra space,
cheap insurance, etc. Not that I'm a fan of Walmart or that
better deals can't be had, but certainly cheaper and less hassle
than another computer to worry about.<br>
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<div>On 7/29/20 1:39 PM, Don Crowder wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Thanks, I ran across it, as GNU/Linux OS, a couple
of days ago and was curious about it but I don't currently have
a machine I'm willing to use for distro-hopping so I did no more
than read about it.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 11:36
AM Brian O'Keefe <<a href="mailto:okeefe@cybermesa.com" target="_blank">okeefe@cybermesa.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p>Hello All,</p>
<p>I was poking around and looking at a website specifically
re: Gnu and the Hurd OS. Hurd doesn't really work much at
all but there were 6 OSes listed that were certified FOSS
and approved by Stallman. They each used the linux kernel.
I downloaded PureOS and installed in as a virtual machine
(in the non-FOSS Vbox). After a few tweaks it was up and
running and I really like it. I would migrate to it if I
had a clue how to keep everything. It's fast and clean,
the FOSS browser works perfectly. No issues with sound nor
anything else. It's Debian based so its Gnome GUI is very
familiar.</p>
<p>Just thought that I'd let you all know.</p>
<p>Ciao<br>
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