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  2. Porteus (operating system) - Wikipedia

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    Porteus is based on a substantially modified and optimized version of the Linux Live Scripts. [10] It can be run from a disk or USB stick (with changes saved onto the portable device) or installed on a hard drive. Porteus can even be installed within another system without the need to create a new partition. [11]

  3. Live USB - Wikipedia

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    The absence of moving parts in USB flash devices allows true random access, thereby avoiding the rotational latency and seek time (see also mechanical latency) of hard drives or optical media, meaning small programs will start faster from a USB flash drive than from a local hard disk or live CD. However, as USB devices typically achieve lower ...

  4. SystemRescue - Wikipedia

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    It runs from a Live CD, a USB flash drive or any type of hard drive. It was designed by a team led by François Dupoux, and is based on Arch Linux since version 6.0. [6] Starting with version 6.0, it has systemd as its init system. [7]

  5. Knoppix - Wikipedia

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    By carrying a Knoppix CD and a USB flash drive, a user could have the same environment, programs, settings, and data available on any computer that could run Knoppix. This functionality was only available through Knoppix 5.1.1 (CD release) or 5.3.1 (DVD release).

  6. List of Linux distributions - Wikipedia

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    Its download size is about 300 MB, almost the same as Puppy Linux's. It can run from RAM, from Live CD, USB or hard drive. Permanent installation of Slax is not recommended or supported; it is designed for "live" use only. Also can be run from a USB flash drive. Originally based on Slackware, then switched to Debian since v9.2.1. Returned to a ...

  7. Universal USB Installer - Wikipedia

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    Universal USB Installer (UUI) is an open-source live Linux USB flash drive creation software. It allows users to create a bootable live USB flash drive using an ISO image from a supported Linux distribution, antivirus utility, system tool, or Microsoft Windows installer. The USB boot software can also be used to make Windows 8, 10, or 11 run ...

  8. Ventoy - Wikipedia

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    Ventoy is a free and open-source utility used for creating bootable USB media storage devices with files such as .iso, .wim, .img, .vhd(x), and .efi.Once Ventoy is installed onto a USB drive, there is no need to reformat the disk to update it with new installation files; it is enough to copy the .iso, .wim, .img, .vhd(x), or .efi file(s) to the USB drive and boot from them directly.

  9. Ultimate Boot CD - Wikipedia

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    UBCD includes a variety of diagnostic tools that were originally intended to run under DOS, and also includes FreeDOS, which is used to run them. [8]UBCD includes a variety of disk partitioning, disk cloning, and antivirus utilities that were originally intended to run under Linux, and also includes a small Live CD Linux distribution (as of 2022, the freeware version of Parted Magic), which is ...