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July 28, 2010
Running Linux From Your USB Flash Drive
By Bryan Young
One of the greatest features of Linux distributions is the ability to run a liveCD on your computer, without the need to install anything to your hard drive. There is no better way to test drive a piece of software available from any other OS. This also makes repairing systems easier, as you can simply pop in a liveCD and have access to the hardware, even if your primary system is crashed.

The one major problem that is apparent with liveCDs is speed. CD-ROMs are fast enough for what they are designed for, which is storage. Having your OS running from a hard drive is clearly superior as far as speed goes, but then you're tied down to the same machine, and you lose the benefits of portability. The USB option is the best of both worlds. You get the portability of the liveCD, while increasing the speed of your system exponentially.

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