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Ricardo C. Lopez writes:

>  Use case: At work (a school) they use Windows 10 and IT is kind of
> fundamentalist about it. So I am thinking of "just" using the RAM and
> the processor in their machine. I am thinking of:

>  * running Debian Live from an external USB attached DVD player

May work, but is going to run slow. While live images of today are still ISO  
files, running them from actual DVDs is slow. It will need dedicated  
preparation time before each use to startup such live images.

>  * via Qemu, which, of course, I will have to install and for which I
> may need admin rights, and

I am not sure if QEMU on Windows supports the virtualization accelleration  
yet. If yes, this route might be quite feasible. If no, you could consider  
using one of the other solutions like Microsoft Hyper V, VirtualBox, VMWare  
Player. All of them need admin rights. Also: Where would you store the VM's  
HDD image?

>  * attached an external pan and/or microdrive with whatever code I
> need for my business.

This is what I would probably try first. Especially consider these two  
variants:

 - Live system from external pen drive (16 GB stick or similar)
   You might consider adding a "persistence" partition such that
   work results can be saved.

 - Installed system from external hard drive or large pen drive
   (> 32 GB). This allows for the most "natural" feel of Linux because
   all settings will be saved persistently by default.

>  Is such an environment possible? What kinds of technical problems do
> you foresee with such setup?, probably with the BIOS? Any tips you
> would share or any other way of doing such thing (I don't like to use
> Windows, but at work you must use it)?

Problem I foresee: Most likely, your admins have deactivated booting from  
external devices.

You could also tackle this with a networked approach: Given that your  
Windows PCs are most likely already properly connected to a common local  
network, you could make use of that by providing a central "Linux  
server" - if your admins insist, it could be a Windows host with Linux in  
VMs. Then, you could access it from any windows host either vith a  
virtualization client software (VMWare vSphere?) or through the SSH and VNC  
protocols. 

HTH and YMMV
Linux-Fan

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Leibniz' "best of all possible worlds" ... "Ricardo C. Lopez" <lbrtchx@gmail.com> - 2021-10-24 21:50 +0200
  Re: Leibniz' "best of all possible worlds" ... David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2021-10-24 22:10 +0200
  Re: Leibniz' "best of all possible worlds" ... Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2021-10-24 22:20 +0200
    Re: Leibniz' "best of all possible worlds" ... Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2021-10-24 22:30 +0200
  Re: Leibniz' "best of all possible          worlds" ... Linux-Fan <Ma_Sys.ma@web.de> - 2021-10-24 22:30 +0200
    Re: Leibniz' "best of all possible worlds" ... Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2021-10-24 22:40 +0200
  Re: Leibniz' "best of all possible worlds" ... harryweaver@tutanota.com - 2021-10-24 22:40 +0200
  Re: Leibniz' "best of all possible worlds" ... "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2021-10-24 23:00 +0200
    Re: Leibniz' "best of all possible worlds" ... "Ricardo C. Lopez" <lbrtchx@gmail.com> - 2021-10-25 00:00 +0200
  Re: Leibniz' "best of all possible worlds" ... Bret Busby <bret@busby.net> - 2021-10-24 23:10 +0200
    Leibniz' "best of all possible worlds" ... "Ricardo C. Lopez" <lbrtchx@gmail.com> - 2021-10-25 00:00 +0200
      Re: Leibniz' "best of all possible worlds" ... Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2021-10-25 01:50 +0200
        Re: Leibniz' "best of all possible worlds" ... "James H. H. Lampert" <jamesl@touchtonecorp.com> - 2021-10-25 17:40 +0200
          Re: Leibniz' "best of all possible worlds" "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2021-10-25 18:40 +0200
            Re: Leibniz' "best of all possible worlds" Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2021-10-25 20:30 +0200
            Re: Leibniz' "best of all possible worlds" Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2021-10-26 21:50 +0200
    Re: Leibniz' "best of all possible worlds" ... harryweaver@tutanota.com - 2021-10-25 02:00 +0200
  Re: Leibniz' "best of all possible worlds" ... "Ricardo C. Lopez" <lbrtchx@gmail.com> - 2021-10-24 23:30 +0200
    Re: Leibniz' "best of all possible worlds" ... "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2021-10-24 23:40 +0200

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