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- ani625, on 05/17/2008, -2/+43Where can i get the usb drive which is shown there. Looks sweet
. - Kingoftherings, on 05/17/2008, -0/+34Awesome, this is perfect for me, because I hate burning a CD I'll only use once.
- Dumbledorito, on 05/17/2008, -1/+23On a steeek?
- cjflashman, on 05/17/2008, -0/+17Not yet, But we're already hitting the 32GB flash drive mark (for 130 after rebate. I remember paying 120 for my good ol' 512MB drive)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8 ... - buffyangel108, on 05/17/2008, -3/+20Yeah, but you'll be able to do this with Vista too... just as soon as those 64GB USB sticks hit the market.
- scilec, on 05/17/2008, -1/+17Before you rush off to install Fedora 9, you should be aware that Nvidia has not yet released a driver that's compatible with the new version of Xorg included by default. The only workarounds I'm aware of right now are either downgrading Xorg, installing a beta Nvidia driver, or installing a different driver altogether that doesn't provide 3d support.
While I'm sure this will be resolved soon, don't expect any desktop effects (yet) in Fedora 9 unless you're willing to do a little work first. - Zaneris, on 05/17/2008, -6/+22Unrelated, but Firefox 3 RC1 is out!
http://digg.com/software/Firefox_3_RC1_Released - superprad, on 05/17/2008, -3/+19sleek!! fedora 9 ROCKS!!
- inactive, on 05/17/2008, -12/+28On a stick?
OM NOM NOM NOM - Youssif, on 05/17/2008, -5/+18Fedora is the best distro to work with and know linux in near, for people who want to know Linux, not just use it as an OS, Fedora simply is the best option. Furthermore, Fedora is Red Hat base, so if you are looking to be a Linux administrator, Fedora is your best option to get your hands in RHEL in no time. Thank you Fedora Devs for making our life easier and keeping things 100% free!.
- Tiler, on 05/17/2008, -0/+11Just installed it on my 8gb Corsair that I bought specifically for a Ubuntu bootable. This entire process was as easy as advertised. The boot was quick and OS was fast. Gotta love Gnome!
- sigmaman2, on 05/17/2008, -1/+12I'm an Ubuntu guy, and I'm used to Gnome, but this just might make me switch...
- aserer511, on 05/17/2008, -1/+10its ironic when a donation based company, not Apple or Microsoft, are on the forefront of technology
- FUR10N, on 05/17/2008, -1/+8and the second you boot a school computer to this fancy demon stick no more using the school computers for you
- inactive, on 05/17/2008, -1/+8Wow, 1GB? It makes all those DOS boot disks look silly.
/couldn't help myself - brettalton, on 05/17/2008, -4/+104 GB install DVD to a fully functional 2GB USB key? Amazing.
- javaroast, on 05/17/2008, -0/+6You've thrown this out there twice. It's not the same thing, the news here is the ease of use and the neat GUI. Can't you just admit that this is pretty cool and has a nice little GUI to boot. By all means show the link for pendrive, but do it with out the fanboy fervor, the multiple posts and the comments like nothing new here.
This is an neat GUI easy way to make a Pen Drive linux distro, realistically it can probably be ported into a Ubuntu version as well. But the GUI of this is what many people are looking for. It's good for all linux - sparrowkc, on 05/17/2008, -4/+10I'm just going to go ahead and be that Ubuntu fanboy who won't shut up...
You can do the same thing with Ubuntu, booting off the livecd;
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2008/05/08/usb-ubuntu ... - DonSlice, on 05/17/2008, -0/+64GB install? What did you download? Mine was only 670mb.
- argylesocks, on 05/17/2008, -0/+5Hmm... are you sure? Would windows distribute a live version?.... No. And if they don't it certainly wouldn't be legal to obtain one or make your own.... making this inconvenient to say the least.
- polywaffle, on 05/17/2008, -0/+5Well the windows gui IS the news...
- RadiatedAnt, on 05/17/2008, -0/+5I'm perplexed, ubuntu or fedora?! im about to download a distro now and I don't know which one ohh the agony!
- InuX, on 05/17/2008, -0/+5It was just under 700mb(not by much) on my 2gig flash drive, but boy is it worth it. Other distributions should take note of this.
- sparrowkc, on 05/18/2008, -0/+4I don't understand why you added something about counting steps to your retort. You could have just as easily said that the main advantage to the Fedora option is the nice gui and provided a valid counterpoint, but you tried to turn it into an insult.
- rahulsundaram, on 05/17/2008, -0/+4Yeah. Fedora has the best tools for this
http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/05/31/remixing- ... - NJank, on 05/17/2008, -0/+4I tried several flavors of linux on usb, including DSL, and whatever the not quite as DSL is called. Took me forever to realize that for one reason or another, I just wasn't going to be able to get my laptop to boot from a USB flash drive. Something about the Mobo's BIOS USB implementation? ahh well. (and this was with a Dell latitude d610)
- sparrowkc, on 05/17/2008, -3/+7Isn't this just persistence?
Edit: Yes. Yes it is. Aside from the nice windows gui, there is nothing new here. - inactive, on 05/17/2008, -0/+4full DVD also contain additional repositories that you might otherwise need internet access to install. So a Install CD is the vfull version, Its just that the DVD version has additional mostly non essential stuff on it.
- cjflashman, on 05/17/2008, -0/+4Reminded me of the Mandriva flash drive.
- P373Y, on 05/17/2008, -0/+4did you get the live cd, or the full dvd?
- DeathfireD, on 05/17/2008, -0/+4You can probably fit windows 98 on a USB stick though.
- rohan1234, on 05/17/2008, -0/+4Ubuntu, and if you ever want a USB instal then get Fedora for that.
- ftw420, on 05/17/2008, -1/+5I love fedora!
- sk11, on 05/17/2008, -0/+4There's been critical digg mass for fedora articles, fedora might just become the next ubuntu.
- newsLinux, on 05/17/2008, -0/+4Dugg for the USB stick on the picture. I wantz it!
- init100, on 05/17/2008, -0/+4"Can't you just admit that this is pretty cool and has a nice little GUI to boot."
Ubuntu fanboys can never admit that another distribution does something cool, or that another distribution might actually have even just one aspect in which it is more newbie-friendly than Ubuntu. - Elderon, on 05/17/2008, -0/+3assuming they don't just disable booting from USB. Most school networks I've worked on the schools had the computers locked down pretty good in that regard. no booting from anything but the main hard disk (assuming it wasn't just a thin client).
- brkhobowriter, on 05/17/2008, -0/+3This is pretty awesome. I didn't exactly want to install a Linux distro onto a partition. And Wubi messed my entire computer up...
- WayOfTheIronPaw, on 05/17/2008, -0/+3I'm a software developer by trade. I prefer Linux to Windows, although I've developed for both, and most of my development work has been desktop software (as opposed to web sites or embedded, for example). I've been using Linux for 13 years.
I prefer Gnome to KDE because it is simpler. KDE definitely gives you options. One look at the KDE file manager shows that. But I find all of that added functionality to be daunting. Gnome has a much smaller learning curve. - rasmasyean, on 05/17/2008, -0/+3mispost.
- erikmarcus, on 05/17/2008, -1/+4Anyone have this sort of experience using a Linux thumb drive on a Mac? Any recommendations?
- desuexmachina, on 05/17/2008, -4/+7Yeap, you certainly know how to count. I am impressed, 22 commandline steps is just like three GUI steps.
- inactive, on 05/17/2008, -1/+4That'd be way cool to have a usb drive that looked like that.
- sparrowkc, on 05/17/2008, -0/+3SquashFS FTW
- paulringo, on 05/17/2008, -1/+4Yea 22 steps and a bunch of time later..... As soon as Ubuntu codes a simple application for the masses, I will use that, otherwise well done Fedora.
- anshuman, on 05/17/2008, -0/+3word is , Amazingggg
and BTW, me wants that USB steek, Nowwww :D - Adam420, on 05/17/2008, -0/+3Oh cool, im gonna try this out!
- StealthTomato, on 05/17/2008, -0/+3Exactly. I installed Fedora 9 over top of Ubuntu and switched back IMMEDIATELY due to this issue. I may use Fedora in the future, but only after this has been sorted.
(Also, a separate /home/ partition is the handiest thing ever for distro-switching.) - zwaldowski, on 05/17/2008, -1/+4Ubuntu. Fedora is unbearably slow in the package management; otherwise it has a lot of stability over Ubuntu.
- zwaldowski, on 05/17/2008, -1/+4Swap out the 4GB for the 1GB.
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