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| From | Rich <rich@example.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: a question of installing linux operating system on external hard drive |
| Date | 2014-08-22 19:34 +0000 |
| Organization | My Linux Box |
| Message-ID | <lt860f$o0v$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <0d9743e0-e58a-4c43-9fed-0c05e0d575bc@googlegroups.com> <e55ba7d3-5ba8-4575-b9f7-1079fa556151@googlegroups.com> |
newbie2 <xsli2@yahoo.com> wrote: > One more question, will it be slow if I use Linux from external USB > device? Disk operations (reading/writing files) will be no faster than the interface over which the drive is connected. Once the data is in RAM, there will be no speed difference. > I am willing to invest some money to get a fast device. Any > recommendations? No. That depends 100% on what ports your desktop and laptop contain. > USB jump drive does not need extra power line and is quiet, Linux will install, and provided your machines can boot from USB thumb drives, is happy to boot and operate from a USB thumb drive. > but if I want to install everything(Ubuntu, JAVA EE stuff and my > code) on it, the USB drive(16 GB?) maybe too small. USB thumb drives in sizes larger than 16GB are available. That depends totally upon what you want to pay for the thumb drive. A 100% full install everything of Slackware (which gives you all the standard complement of Unix program development tools as well) is only about 4G. So if Ubuntu wants 16G+ for that, you should instead avoid Ubuntu due to it being overly bloated.
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a question of installing linux operating system on external hard drive newbie2 <xsli2@yahoo.com> - 2014-08-22 08:11 -0700
Re: a question of installing linux operating system on external hard drive Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2014-08-22 10:37 -0500
Re: a question of installing linux operating system on external hard drive Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-08-22 17:17 +0000
Re: a question of installing linux operating system on external hard drive newbie2 <xsli2@yahoo.com> - 2014-08-22 11:06 -0700
Re: a question of installing linux operating system on external hard drive Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2014-08-22 14:30 -0500
Re: a question of installing linux operating system on external hard drive Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-08-22 19:34 +0000
Re: a question of installing linux operating system on external hard drive Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2014-08-22 20:16 +0000
Re: a question of installing linux operating system on external hard drive floyd@apaflo.com (Floyd L. Davidson) - 2014-08-22 10:08 -0800
Re: a question of installing linux operating system on external hard drive Andreas Kohlbach <aug14.8.ankman@spamgourmet.com> - 2014-08-22 15:20 -0400
Re: a question of installing linux operating system on external hard drive newbie2 <xsli2@yahoo.com> - 2014-08-22 12:28 -0700
Re: a question of installing linux operating system on external hard drive Andreas Kohlbach <aug14.8.ankman@spamgourmet.com> - 2014-08-22 15:41 -0400
Re: a question of installing linux operating system on external hard drive Balwinder S Dheeman <bdheeman.SANSPAM@outlook.com> - 2014-08-24 18:06 +0530
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