This is literally me. A friend of mine recently mentioned that they thought about installing Linux and I was instantly like "Please let me come over and install Linux with you" ;)
A Debian live image fits into 4GB flash drive. If you search stuff for sale you can probably find them cheap, and 4GB is practically the smallest size you can buy.
I see. Those are all USB 2.0, probably, no? Does the lower read/write speeds compared to 3.2 make a difference for booting from a live ISO?
Cause the smallest USB 3.2 flash drives I could find were 16GB. But that leaves room for a casper.rw and a swapfile if necessary, or even multiboot, so it's not that bad. And they come in 5 packs!
Of course, if someone has a collection of promo sticks, use what you have of course...
In my experience the USB 2.0 drives are slower to boot initially and install, but I think they decompress to RAM since for me it has never impacted performance while using the Live functionality, so if you are ok waiting for boot/install they are just fine.
I bought a brand new 4GB off Amazon last year that is supposedly made by Sandisk. Seems legit and been using it with one of my 3D printers.
Impossible to find them in any brick and mortar store anymore. It’s so dumb because they come in handy and I hate thinking of wasting larger drives with so many writes.
Now is the perfect time with memory being so expensive.
But distros are comparably tiny. So you can use up all those ancient sticks with a few GB you got as advertising that are collecting dust in some corner of a drawer for years. Sometimes they are even actually tiny when you free them from their tacky mascot- or logo-shaped exterior.
Eh? US chiming in.... In the last week I bought a 64gb usb flash drive for $15 and a 12tb usb external hdd for $189.
Fittingly, the flash drive was for Lubuntu iso, and the hdd was because my other external harddrive was exfat formatted and I didnt want to lose all my TBs of media by reformatting to ext4. (Now my minipc diy media/file server has 18tb... Not a bad scenario.)
Anyhoo....the external SSDs were super expensive at the store, but I didnt need that. If I were expanding my gaming setup, id be looking at external ssd.
Huge USB stick or tiny woman?
This Mint install doesn't fit on just any 8gb stick...
Friends don't give friends Linux Mint
Here have my nixos install media... why are you walking away from me. WAIT, COME BACK!
eh still better than Mint
New kink unlocked
Huge USB stick or tiny woman?
My astigmatism didn't let me see "or"... so, my kink is huge USb AND tiny woman
I appreciate the enthusiasm but I don't plug in usb sticks from strangers
Just like sex with strangers: if you're going to insert it, make sure to use protection.
for this one I think you're gonna want a burner pc(like a burner phone but it's a pc) 😅
This is literally me. A friend of mine recently mentioned that they thought about installing Linux and I was instantly like "Please let me come over and install Linux with you" ;)
Same!
Will nerd for free.
I've been thinking about putting out a Craigslist ad
Nice try CIA. I ain't plugging USB from strangers.
I hope you realize how much more expensive USB mass storage devices have become in the last three months.
A Debian live image fits into 4GB flash drive. If you search stuff for sale you can probably find them cheap, and 4GB is practically the smallest size you can buy.
Can you even find 4GB flash drives anymore? Outside of sketchy ebay stores, I mean?
Companies at onferences give 4/8gb out sometimes. They buy branded ones in bulk.
I see. Those are all USB 2.0, probably, no? Does the lower read/write speeds compared to 3.2 make a difference for booting from a live ISO?
Cause the smallest USB 3.2 flash drives I could find were 16GB. But that leaves room for a casper.rw and a swapfile if necessary, or even multiboot, so it's not that bad. And they come in 5 packs!
Of course, if someone has a collection of promo sticks, use what you have of course...
In my experience the USB 2.0 drives are slower to boot initially and install, but I think they decompress to RAM since for me it has never impacted performance while using the Live functionality, so if you are ok waiting for boot/install they are just fine.
Good to know! Thanks
They hand out 1GB businesscard labeled ones like table pens pretty often at vendor booths
The biggest online store in my country has 4GB flash drives permanently on sale for $3.
I bought a brand new 4GB off Amazon last year that is supposedly made by Sandisk. Seems legit and been using it with one of my 3D printers.
Impossible to find them in any brick and mortar store anymore. It’s so dumb because they come in handy and I hate thinking of wasting larger drives with so many writes.
Now is the perfect time with memory being so expensive.
But distros are comparably tiny. So you can use up all those ancient sticks with a few GB you got as advertising that are collecting dust in some corner of a drawer for years. Sometimes they are even actually tiny when you free them from their tacky mascot- or logo-shaped exterior.
Eh? US chiming in.... In the last week I bought a 64gb usb flash drive for $15 and a 12tb usb external hdd for $189.
Fittingly, the flash drive was for Lubuntu iso, and the hdd was because my other external harddrive was exfat formatted and I didnt want to lose all my TBs of media by reformatting to ext4. (Now my minipc diy media/file server has 18tb... Not a bad scenario.)
Anyhoo....the external SSDs were super expensive at the store, but I didnt need that. If I were expanding my gaming setup, id be looking at external ssd.
.... That's a Wi-Fi dongle tho...
With current prices, that was the most affordable prop for the recording.
I laughed then I cried a little at the truth of it....
This is a Netgear NightHawk WiFi stick.
Edit: Yeah it's not THIS stick, but similar fashion stick.
Marry me
Isn't that a wedding band on her finger?
Polyamory is permitted.
Polygamy is a different beast though in many jurisdictions.
I think beasts are a different thing.
Concubine me