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Re: Looking for persistent distro

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jeshgrca wrote:
> Monsieur <Monsieur@notreal.invalid> 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.

Thank you, this is very helpful. Somehow the thought of installing a 
whole system on a usb-stick hadn't crossed my mind yet.

Off to download Tumbleweed now...

Thanks again,

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