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Thread ID: 74686	2006-12-01 19:10:00	Some Research On Linux...Results	SurferJoe46 (51)	PC World Chat

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503480	2006-12-01 19:10:00	Still playing around with docs on Linux-based systems...and the use of thumb or usb drives as live "cd's" is kinda interesting and caught my attention. There are a few L-type programs that will live on a flash drive and can be booted to a Windows system quite easily. This is also a good way to recover "lost" data in Windows thru Linux. "It should be noted that flash drives have a limited number of “read/write” events in their life span, and when their number is up, will apparently fail completely and without warning or hope of recovery (unlike disk drives which give warning signs, and from which data may be recoverable). The more intensively one uses a flash drive, the sooner it will fail. Which, by the way, makes Windows Vista’s plans to support using flash drives as supplemental memory a mixed blessing." If you are considering a Linux distro that runs on a flash drive please have a look at Puppy Linux (www.puppylinux.org). Not only is it a small OS, approximately 70 megs, that be run from a flash drive but it can be upgraded to use Open Office which has many of the features of MS Office. In order to run from a flash drive your computer must be able to boot from a USB port....but once Puppy is running, it is all in the computer’s RAM and only writes once at shutdown saving wear and tear on the flash drive memory. The really cool thing about Puppy is that it has another option where it will boot from a CD or DVD and then save all files to the CD or DVD using the CD/DVD writer to burn the files......in either case no trace is left behind on the host computer. Be forewarned that any or all Linux distros may be difficult to run because of hardware compatability issue......... since they are free why not give them a try? Ya know? I am really starting to enjoy L-based things...about time!	SurferJoe46 (51)
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