This is literally me. A friend of mine recently mentioned that they thought about installing Linux and I was instantly like "Please let me come over and install Linux with you" ;)
A Debian live image fits into 4GB flash drive. If you search stuff for sale you can probably find them cheap, and 4GB is practically the smallest size you can buy.
I see. Those are all USB 2.0, probably, no? Does the lower read/write speeds compared to 3.2 make a difference for booting from a live ISO?
Cause the smallest USB 3.2 flash drives I could find were 16GB. But that leaves room for a casper.rw and a swapfile if necessary, or even multiboot, so it's not that bad. And they come in 5 packs!
Of course, if someone has a collection of promo sticks, use what you have of course...
In my experience the USB 2.0 drives are slower to boot initially and install, but I think they decompress to RAM since for me it has never impacted performance while using the Live functionality, so if you are ok waiting for boot/install they are just fine.
I bought a brand new 4GB off Amazon last year that is supposedly made by Sandisk. Seems legit and been using it with one of my 3D printers.
Impossible to find them in any brick and mortar store anymore. It’s so dumb because they come in handy and I hate thinking of wasting larger drives with so many writes.
Now is the perfect time with memory being so expensive.
But distros are comparably tiny. So you can use up all those ancient sticks with a few GB you got as advertising that are collecting dust in some corner of a drawer for years. Sometimes they are even actually tiny when you free them from their tacky mascot- or logo-shaped exterior.
Eh? US chiming in.... In the last week I bought a 64gb usb flash drive for $15 and a 12tb usb external hdd for $189.
Fittingly, the flash drive was for Lubuntu iso, and the hdd was because my other external harddrive was exfat formatted and I didnt want to lose all my TBs of media by reformatting to ext4. (Now my minipc diy media/file server has 18tb... Not a bad scenario.)
Anyhoo....the external SSDs were super expensive at the store, but I didnt need that. If I were expanding my gaming setup, id be looking at external ssd.
38 Comments
Damage@feddit.it · 88 pts · 149d
Huge USB stick or tiny woman?
Harvey656@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 149d
This Mint install doesn't fit on just any 8gb stick...
Damage@feddit.it · -9 pts · 149d
Friends don't give friends Linux Mint
ramasses@social.ozymandias.club · 5 pts · 148d
Here have my nixos install media... why are you walking away from me. WAIT, COME BACK!
Damage@feddit.it · -2 pts · 148d
eh still better than Mint
Siegfried@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 149d
New kink unlocked
Damage@feddit.it · 6 pts · 148d
Huge USB stick or tiny woman?
Siegfried@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 148d
My astigmatism didn't let me see "or"... so, my kink is huge USb AND tiny woman
Drekaridill@lemmy.wtf · 78 pts · 149d
I appreciate the enthusiasm but I don't plug in usb sticks from strangers
Cethin@lemmy.zip · 33 pts · 149d
Just like sex with strangers: if you're going to insert it, make sure to use protection.
Venat0r@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 146d
for this one I think you're gonna want a burner pc(like a burner phone but it's a pc) 😅
BennyTheExplorer@lemmy.world · 66 pts · 149d
This is literally me. A friend of mine recently mentioned that they thought about installing Linux and I was instantly like "Please let me come over and install Linux with you" ;)
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club · 32 pts · 149d
Same!
Will nerd for free.
swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 149d
I've been thinking about putting out a Craigslist ad
rangber@lemmy.zip · 60 pts · 149d
Nice try CIA. I ain't plugging USB from strangers.
waigl@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 149d
I hope you realize how much more expensive USB mass storage devices have become in the last three months.
pelya@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 149d
A Debian live image fits into 4GB flash drive. If you search stuff for sale you can probably find them cheap, and 4GB is practically the smallest size you can buy.
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 7 pts · 149d
Can you even find 4GB flash drives anymore? Outside of sketchy ebay stores, I mean?
moonpiedumplings@programming.dev · 10 pts · 149d
Companies at onferences give 4/8gb out sometimes. They buy branded ones in bulk.
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 149d
I see. Those are all USB 2.0, probably, no? Does the lower read/write speeds compared to 3.2 make a difference for booting from a live ISO?
Cause the smallest USB 3.2 flash drives I could find were 16GB. But that leaves room for a casper.rw and a swapfile if necessary, or even multiboot, so it's not that bad. And they come in 5 packs!
Of course, if someone has a collection of promo sticks, use what you have of course...
Verat@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 148d
In my experience the USB 2.0 drives are slower to boot initially and install, but I think they decompress to RAM since for me it has never impacted performance while using the Live functionality, so if you are ok waiting for boot/install they are just fine.
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 148d
Good to know! Thanks
JennyLaFae@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 149d
They hand out 1GB businesscard labeled ones like table pens pretty often at vendor booths
pelya@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 148d
The biggest online store in my country has 4GB flash drives permanently on sale for $3.
NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.com · 1 pts · 149d
I bought a brand new 4GB off Amazon last year that is supposedly made by Sandisk. Seems legit and been using it with one of my 3D printers.
Impossible to find them in any brick and mortar store anymore. It’s so dumb because they come in handy and I hate thinking of wasting larger drives with so many writes.
Now is the perfect time with memory being so expensive.
Ooops@feddit.org · 14 pts · 149d
But distros are comparably tiny. So you can use up all those ancient sticks with a few GB you got as advertising that are collecting dust in some corner of a drawer for years. Sometimes they are even actually tiny when you free them from their tacky mascot- or logo-shaped exterior.
FudgyMcTubbs@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 149d
Eh? US chiming in.... In the last week I bought a 64gb usb flash drive for $15 and a 12tb usb external hdd for $189.
Fittingly, the flash drive was for Lubuntu iso, and the hdd was because my other external harddrive was exfat formatted and I didnt want to lose all my TBs of media by reformatting to ext4. (Now my minipc diy media/file server has 18tb... Not a bad scenario.)
Anyhoo....the external SSDs were super expensive at the store, but I didnt need that. If I were expanding my gaming setup, id be looking at external ssd.
Obnomus@lemmy.ml · 24 pts · 149d
tenchiken@anarchist.nexus · 21 pts · 149d
.... That's a Wi-Fi dongle tho...
nightwatch_admin@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 149d
With current prices, that was the most affordable prop for the recording.
tenchiken@anarchist.nexus · 6 pts · 149d
I laughed then I cried a little at the truth of it....
Magnum@infosec.pub · 18 pts · 149d
This is a Netgear NightHawk WiFi stick.
Edit: Yeah it's not THIS stick, but similar fashion stick.
GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 149d
rando@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 149d
Marry me
OldChicoAle@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 149d
Isn't that a wedding band on her finger?
anotherspinelessdem@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 149d
Polyamory is permitted.
Hupf@feddit.org · 2 pts · 149d
Polygamy is a different beast though in many jurisdictions.
dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 149d
I think beasts are a different thing.
FlowerFan@piefed.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 149d
Concubine me