<p>With the cost of removable media what it is, it's feasable to have several distros on a 250GB drive all sharing a /home and selectable at boot from grub. <br>
Or carry a selection of live CD/DVD media and a thumb drive for storage. This is easier unless the laptop has no cd drive. Older laptops may not be able to boot from usb.</p>
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What is the most important feature of the OS? Security? Media support? Something basic or something w/everything not nailed down?<br>
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<b>Reply-to</b>: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank">ale@ale.org</a>><br>
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<b>Date</b>: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 09:02:53 -0400<br>
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How much storage do you need? Could a flash drive work? 32G or 64G?<br>
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On Oct 23, 2011 8:27 AM, "Courtney Thomas" <<a href="mailto:courtneycthomas@bellsouth.net" target="_blank">courtneycthomas@bellsouth.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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I'd like to carry a portable Linux USB HD installation for traveling<br>
with my laptop and would appreciate suggestions, not only for which<br>
Linux flavor but also which drive.<br>
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Thanks,<br>
C.Thomas<br>
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