Flash Drives

[CharlesA]

I have a "multipass" that I take with me with some tools on it.

10 points to whoever gets the reference.

[Merisi]

I have a "multipass" that I take with me with some tools on it.

10 points to whoever gets the reference.

Fifth Element?

[haqking]

I have a "multipass" that I take with me with some tools on it.

10 points to whoever gets the reference.

Yeah, multipass, she knows it's a multipass.

[Zeta-K]

Portable apps and a linux-in-a-window for when I'm on a Windows machine.

[CharlesA]

Fifth Element?

Bingo.

Yeah, multipass, she knows it's a multipass.

Bwhahaha.

Portable apps and a linux-in-a-window for when I'm on a Windows machine.

What is this 'linux-in-a-window' that you refer to? Do they have a portable version of cygwin?

[haqking]

What is this 'linux-in-a-window' that you refer to? Do they have a portable version of cygwin?

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/using-a...inux-from-usb/

and of course the old Damn Small Linux http://www.pendrivelinux.com/all-in-one-usb-dsl/

[CharlesA]

Wow that's pretty schweet.

[Lisiano]

It depends on how your USBs are put on your motherboard. If they all go through the same bus (like it would be when you use an USB hub), you would only achieve a maximum speed of 480Mbps, while a SSD can get 3Gbps.

Who said anything about USB2? USB3 is the way with it's 3.2 Gbit/s+. Even 5 Gbit/s.

[disabledaccount]

Other than as a back up for files does anyone else have any suggestions for uses of a flash drive particularly for Linux?

It's very easy to create personal version of readyboost, but... I see no point for such thing in linux, so I'll just stay with ultra-mobile general-use removable storage option that can be sometimes used to infect computers with linux - making some peoples happy and some others angry...

[Porcini M.]

Yeah, multipass, she knows it's a multipass.