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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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But much faster than CDs or DVDs.<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.
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Yes I agree with your idea about trying things out but right
now I am a bit cramped for space on my<br>
test machine that I bring to meetings, I have download an image or
two for Virtual Box but will have to <br>
remove an image or two on that machine to make room for more
interesting images1s.<br>
Or add a larger drive to the test machine.<br>
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Bobbie Sellers<br>
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