What do you use your USB flash drive for? Have you considered running Linux from it? A Linux Live USB flash drive is a great way to try out Linux without making any changes to your computer.

Nothing can beat having a great Linux distro installed on a super-fast hard drive, with all your favourite apps configured just how you like them and all your files at your fingertips. But this ...

Create a bootable USB stick from Linux I was keeping the best for last. If you are running Linux, you can use the dd command (as in the instructions for macOS above) to create the bootable drive.

Learn how to try Linux without messing up your PC or Mac by running it directly from a bootable USB stick.

Also, in order to run Linux from your USB drive, your BIOS will have to support booting from your USB device, but most newer computers will be able to do this.

Hello there. I'm an almost total linux newb, and I would like to give it a try. However, I don't want to mess up my bootloading procedure (I run WinXP).I was wondering if I can install a Linux ...

Are you a Windows power-user? You can get and install Linux Mint running on your PC -- either to try it out or as a replacement for Windows.

Nothing can beat having a great Linux distro installed on a super-fast hard drive, with all your favourite apps configured just how you like them and all your files at your fingertips. But this ...