Should you run Linux straight from a USB? I tried it, and here's my expert advice

Thanks to the flexibility of Linux, it's possible to run the OS directly from a USB drive, but is that the right approach? Here are the pros and cons.
Network World

Installing Ubuntu on an old netbook with hair tearing and profanity

Installing Ubuntu from a USB drive on an older machine is easy if you have one key bit of information ... After a few extremely frustrating hours trying to install Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS, the latest ...
Ars Technica

Installing Ubuntu 25.10 (ARM) on Surface Laptop 7 = Boot loop

I have a Microsoft Surface Laptop 7 (Snapdragon X Plus, 16GB RAM. 1TB SSD). I really like the hardware, and I decided to try Ubuntu on it. Downloaded the ISO for the ARM version of 25.10. Put it on a ...
Liliputing

Asus C200 Chromebook: Enabling dev mode, installing Ubuntu

The Asus C200 Chromebook is a $249 laptop with an 11.6 inch display, an Intel Celeron Bay Trail processor, and around 10 hours of battery life. Oh yeah, it also happens to run Google’s browser-based ...
PC World

The Ubuntu guide for displaced Windows users

With Windows 8 pushing a “touch-first” desktop interface—Microsoft’s words, not ours—and with Valve’s Steam on Linux beginning to bring much-needed games and popular attention to the oft-overlooked ...