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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/30/19 10:53 AM, Rick Moen wrote:<br>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Quoting Bobbie Sellers (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com">bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com</a>):
[shopping for USB flash drives]
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">This is preliminary to the meeting notice for May 5th which will be
out next week and may make some folks interested in getting a Flash
Drive to run Nomad BSD or Knoppix from.
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Ja, but...
USB flash drives are _painfully slow as main storage_, compared to an
internal hard drives or SSDs. Although running a live distro from one
is very useful for utility purposes, to test-boot a distro, or to
evaluate Linux driver support for hardware, it's very suboptimal for
ongoing computer use, because of the mass-storage performance
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Either of these distributions are now desigened to provide on
suitably specced machine a<br>
way to move your system from machine to machine. I thought that was
clear that beyond<br>
Knoppix's obvious utility value that Nomad BSD is designed to
provide a portable on<br>
a USB 3.0 Flash Drive a functional Unix system.<br>
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I can well imagine some people wanting a high capacity USB drive
for the<br>
purpose of traveling and keeping an encrypted partition full of
materials<br>
that they would not want to expose to unfriendly parties,<br>
I don't need that capability presently myself but the only way I
get around<br>
much anymore is online.<br>
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At a certain point, Bobbie, it's wise to, y'know, install an operating
system, and stop incessantly kicking tires and avoiding committing.
But if you want a minimum-commitment OS installation, I can recommend
installing into VMs (e.g., with VirtualBox). For one thing, then you
can actually live with the installed OS, maintain it, make changes,
etc. -- but without dedicating the entire machine to that, and with the
ability to use the host and guest OSes simultaneously.</pre>
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For me I am committed to the use of PCLinuxOS64 as long as
it is available and updated.<br>
I do not expect to convert others to my POV. I will not in the
future be likely to offer<br>
to install my OS on systems for converts as I have too many
devices to service now.<br>
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Bobbie Sellers<br>
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