Hiyall,
I'm trying to get my head around this issue. What is the reason for using Porteus on a USB?
Porteus on USB
- Peter Linu
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Porteus on USB
Asus EeePC Atom N455 (2011), 2Gb RAM, SSD: Mint 19.3 Xfce 32 bit=230Gb partition+Porteus v4.0 i586=10Gb partition
- Ed_P
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Porteus on USB
Portability. You can take it with you when you visit relatives, friends, etc. A backup for your system if the hard drive fails to boot.
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An easy and safe way to test a new release or OS without risking the harddrive.
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An easy and safe way to test a new release or OS without risking the harddrive.
Ed
Porteus on USB
Also, thumb drives are often faster than hard drives. It's an easy way to make a slow computer usable again. Or maybe you want to do something like me: I will remove the Hard Drive from an old PC to use it as backup and I'll be installing linux on an 8 or 16GB USB drive.