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so I’ve had problems getting linux to actually setup properly but the functional preview on the boot USB stick itself works without issue, so can I just run it that way, or is that going to limit functionality in some way?

  • @banazir@lemmy.ml
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    134 days ago

    Live environments of most distros are not meant for long term use. You will lose all your changes on boot, since they exclusively run on RAM and don’t save anything on the USB.

    Now, running from USB can be done, but from my understanding, USB sticks are unreliable in the long term, since they start crapping themselves from frequent write operations. There are distros designed to run from USB, like Puppy Linux, but it does come with caveats. I’d say no, it’s not worth it unless you know exactly what you’re doing and why.