Path: csiph.com!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: jeshgrca Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.linux Subject: Re: Looking for persistent distro Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2023 16:37:47 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 30 Message-ID: <87bkkl6b10.fsf@gmail.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="1eb81bb411847ebd2a50f04e511b48ea"; logging-data="297368"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19zVyeNJyv2mdzFr0dvO90pSH3UPkmzTZo=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cancel-Lock: sha1:dQvqaOR7OBRnsfyStI9ZSkvnbd0= sha1:am91RUfqVjbkNkMDVJsqnHhfIZE= Xref: csiph.com alt.comp.os.linux:556 Monsieur writes: > I like to have a live system on a usb-stick that can remember my > keyboard layout and that automatically boots into the system instead > of waiting until I select this or that option to boot. > > MX Linux used to be perfect for this, but this distro is becoming more > annoying with every update. The most recent update (Wildflower) does > no longer want to remember my keyboard layout; instead it wants me to > choose my keyboard *every* time it boots up. So exit MX for me. > > Can anyone recommend another "persistent" distro that's less annoying > than MX? > > Thanks, > I use openSUSE (the Tumbleweed rolling release specifically) for everything, and from my experience the live USBs are persistent by default. If you want to use the same live installation for a long period of time, I would recommend just installing directly to the USB stick instead of using the live ISO. With Tumbleweed you can do this by burning the net-install ISO (not the DVD ISO) to a USB stick and then once you have booted it, simply tell it to install to the USB drive as opposed to your main disk and install as usual. -- "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." - Attributed to Albert Einstein