On 07/24/2015 02:00 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
By booting the big ISO, be it on a DVD or on a USB stick, you can install the distribution, or, choose to upgrade an existing one. Of course, after the system offline upgrade, you have to do an online update to install all patches made since release date.
Hmm. Suppose I load the ISO onto a USB stick and make that bootable. Does that make it a "Live" system? No, I didn't think so. There was a thread about that a couple of years back https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/485658-Persistence-and-Live-Opens... You can use the LiveCD and put that on a stick https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Live_USB_stick but my recollection is that it is a limited system, suitable for 'evaluation' and installation of the base system which you then upgrade, but not really a "portable Linux". My old HP laptop only had a 60G drive and I never used all of that since things like email were on the IMAP server in California or London or New York. Some PCs even have two USB slots, so guess what! Well the idea of a portable 32-bit Linux on a 64G stick seems reasonable, doesn't it. 64G quality sticks are $25 or under at TigerDirect, 128G less than twice that. If you can tolerate the risk of questionable quality, those items are available from the far East for 1/4 to 1/5th the price on eBay. I've been lucky with 32G sticks at around $4-$5 but don't go for the SDXC cards at that size from the far East. http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=9736912&csid=_61 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7... What this implies to me is that a fast (?USB3?) stick on a suitably large USB with persistence makes for a portable Linux that is "secure" in that you can remove the drive and put it in your pocket and walk away. We're not talking blinding fast here, were not talking gaming, we're not talking Phoronix type performance, we're talking convenience. So what about a full installation with persistent /home on a stick, a "portable Linux"? Well you could do a perfectly normal install ... just do it onto the USB stick instead of the hard drive. http://www.pendrivelinux.com/usb-suse-flash-drive-install/ Is there a better way? -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org