How to Use Linux from a USB Stick

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Ensure your PC is new enough to have a BIOS that can boot from USB.

   Typical sizes of disk images average from around 700MB to
   4.7GB, depending on which distro and which version you download (it matters! an image of a 64-bit OS is somewhat larger than of a 32-bit version)
   - check the download page of OS in question. ,, The following Linux distros can be installed to USB from the Live CD environment; Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Xubuntu (since v8.10)Knoppix (since v5.1)OpenSusePuppy Linux
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   Step 2: Get a USB stick with enough capacity for the disk image of the operating system you intend to install.

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   Step 3: Windows users can install the following Linux distros to the USB stick from within a Windows environment; Ubuntu

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   Step 4: Kubuntu and Xubuntu (since v8.10)Fedora (since v8)Knoppix (since v5.1)SLAX (since v6)PCLinuxOS MiniMe (since v2008)

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   Step 5: Non-Windows users may have to use a PC with a CD or DVD drive then install Linux to the USB stick.

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