Linux on USB memory stick

Now you can have your Linux on your USB memory stick and go around, boot different computers with your memory stick without installing or changing whatever crap(WINDOWS) on that computer which is not yours or for whatever reason you can not install Linux on it. There is a piece of software development called Unetbootin which makes this dream come true and with this piece of very handy technology, you just do not boot the system BUT makes changes that you can carry it around on your USB stick :-)

The following Linux distributions are supported by Unetbootin:

• Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu
• Debian
• Linux Mint
• opensuse
• Arch Linux
• Damn Small Linux
• Slitaz
• Puppy Linux
• FreeBSD
• NetBSD
• Fedora
• PCLinuxOS
• Gentoo
• Zenwalk
• Slax
• Dreamlinux
• Elive
• CentOS
• Mandriva
• FaunOS
• Frugalware Linux

Actually some have their own type like Ubuntu which tutorial for it follows here :

Ubuntu 8.10 offers a way to create a USB drive from the Live CD or an .iso. The question is, how well does this really work. In order to test we created several of these USB drive installs. The first thing to note is that the process is easy to do. Here is a step by step in create a USB Pen Drive disk.

Insert the USB Pen Drive once you have booted the Live CD. Now go to System/Administration and Create USB startup disk in the menu. You will see it has detected the 2 GB San Disk. You can use as small as 1 GB for the disk. You will also need to indicate the location of the Live CD or an .iso so the system can build the disk. Here we used the Live CD.

It provides you with the option to decide how much free space to allow for files that you create. What this does is give you a way to move this Pen Drive from computer to computer and save your files. A mobile Pen Drive.

Installation process is quick.

News source (NORWEGIAN) : http://www.hardware.no/artikler/kjor_linux_fra_minnepinnen/58108
Tutorial Source : http://beginlinux.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/ubuntu-810-usb-drive-review/