What do you use your USB flash drive for? Have you considered running Linux from it? A Linux Live USB flash drive is a great way to try out Linux without making any changes to your computer. It's also ...

There are some situations where you'll wish you had one.

I recently got a 500GB Samsung T7 USB hard drive which I would like to use for a while at least to toy/experiment with linux distributions. Problem is, it seems fairly difficult to actually install ...

Linux offers a versatile platform for various computing needs, and creating a portable Linux distribution on a USB drive unlocks a world of mobility and flexibility. Whether you're a developer needing ...

Some operating systems can be a pain in the rear to install if you don’t happen to have an optical disc drive for your computer. But if you’re trying to install most Linux-based operating system such ...

One of the best things a Windows user can do for Defensive Computing is to have a bootable copy of Linux on hand. The classic reason being to rescue a broken copy of the operating sytem, but the much ...

Ventoy, which is an alternative to the popular USB media creation utility app Rufus, has received a major milestone update ...

While it might look like a disrobed flash drive or RTL-SDR dongle, the USB Armory Mk II is actually a full-fledged open hardware computer built into the ubiquitous USB “stick” format. But more than ...

KDE Linux is the purest form of Plasma I've tested - but the install isn't for the meek ...

I've made the long overdue decision to keep backups on an external USB drive, but should I go with NTFS or exFAT for the drive? We have an all Windows household here, and although I fiddle with Linux ...

A USB drive can support several different types of file formats, depending on your needs. Here's what those formats mean and how to switch between them.