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it allows you to use live without installation using usb stick.
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Debian would be a good choice. &nbsp;It's stable and runs on just about anything.<br />
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You will need to know what the CPU in the host system is, and whether the system is 32-bit or 64-bit. &nbsp;Beyond that, very little is required other than a USB drive large enough to hold the live image.<br />
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Note that the system must be able to boot from a USB stick, and the BIOS/UEFI must be set to do so. &nbsp;Obvious perhaps, but often overlooked.<br />
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<a href="https://www.debian.org/CD/live/" rel="ugc">https://www.debian.org/CD/live/</a><br />
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As the page says, see the FAQ for information on how to use the images. &nbsp;There are several choices and not all of them may work on any given system.
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You can try Ubuntu Desktop ISO for that. The size of Ubuntu desktop ISO is 1.8 GB, You can use 2GB Pendrive for that.<br />
Use rufus to create a bootable pendrive,<br />
Here is the link to download rufus &nbsp;for windows. If you are using Linux then use Etcher for creating Bootable CD.<br />
<a href="https://rufus.akeo.ie/" rel="ugc">https://rufus.akeo.ie/</a>
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As several folks have suggested.<br />
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Use Ubuntu, as hardware auto sense for driver installation tends to be slightly better in Ubuntu.<br />
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If you're use to resolving driver problems by manually installing them on live system, doing this on a Live USB drive install is very different.<br />
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Best to start with Ubuntu.
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The first paragraph on the <a href="http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html" rel="ugc">Knoppix site</a> starts
<blockquote>
KNOPPIX is a bootable Live system on CD, DVD or USB flash drives
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 so clearly USB booting is available.<br />
AFAICS, Knoppix is the gold standard for live distributions.
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I've started a torrent to download 8.2. Have to go out soon, so will get back with my experiences of making a USB later
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Hi,<br />
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use <a href="http://hhttps://rufus.akeo.ie/" rel="ugc">Rufus</a> to create a bootable usb drive from almost any distro. Just get the iso and create the usb. <br />
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Cheers
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My bad Prabhin MP already mentioned that in an earlier comment. <br />
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cheers
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Rufus looks nice but only builds under Windows
<pre><code class="code-10 nolinks" id="code-20-42666621-1"><span>11:22:38$ head -n21 src/bled/libbb.h</span>
<span>/*</span>
<span> * Library header for busybox/Bled</span>
<span> *</span>
<span> * Rewritten for Bled (Base Library for Easy Decompression)</span>
<span> * Copyright Â© 2014-2015 Pete Batard &lt;email removed&gt;</span>
<span> *</span>
<span> * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this source tree.</span>
<span> */</span>
<span></span>
<span>/* Memory leaks detection - define _CRTDBG_MAP_ALLOC as preprocessor macro */</span>
<span>#ifdef _CRTDBG_MAP_ALLOC</span>
<span>#include &lt;stdlib.h&gt;</span>
<span>#include &lt;crtdbg.h&gt;</span>
<span>#endif</span>
<span></span>
<span>#ifndef LIBBB_H</span>
<span>#define LIBBB_H 1</span>
<span></span>
<span>#ifndef _WIN32</span>
<span>#error Only Windows platforms are supported</span>
<span>#endif</span>
</code></pre>
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@duncan <br />
You are not only one who answered the question.<br />
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How can you assign only for you?
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Sorry but I did not regard Ubuntu as qualifying as a useful contribution. I researched Rufus and it is not helpful either (windows only).
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Etcher is already mentioned which support linux operating system.<br />
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Can you please tell on what judgment you have assigned point only for you without any author reply
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I already did. Stop whinging - this isn't an &quot;everybody gets a prize&quot; show.<br />
Does Etcher do what the QA asked for? Have you tried it? You didn't even provide a link.
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Is there a Linux live usb distro ? 
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As a linux server admin, I'm using etcher from past 3 years. <br />
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question is for linux distro 
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Not for Rufus and Etcher.
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<blockquote>
You didn't even provide a link<br />

</blockquote>
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adding links is helpful for the user if he is not able to find out.<br />
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if anybody search for etcher in google, result in first links.<br />
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Do you think for these things need to provide links?<br />
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<blockquote>
everybody gets a prize 
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how can you say that your's is the perfect answer? did author say your answer is correct? You yourself assigned all &nbsp; the points without going what other people said before you.<br />
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There are many people who answered for Question before me and you.<br />
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adding links is helpful for the user if he is not able to find out.<br />
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I'm not fighting to get the points. I don't have any issue if points are not assigned to me. I telling about the scene which i have seen here.
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The question author has not seen fit to comment, so we have to assume he is satisfied with the answer provided.
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Is there a Linux live usb distro ? <br />
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Want to test a laptop that has no cd rom drive
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Is there a Linux live usb distro ? 

Want to test a laptop that has no cd rom drive

Usb bootable live knoppix distro

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