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DesktopLinux: Ubuntu Hitches a Ride on USB Drives

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 26, 2006

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“Pertec Inc. last week introduced UbuntUSB, touted as an easy
way to install Ubuntu Linux on a portable USB hard drive, letting
any PC boot Ubuntu Linux without requiring either BIOS or system
reconfiguration.

“UbuntUSB installs a bootable version of Ubuntu on any USB hard
drive with a capacity of 10 GB or greater in less than 15 minutes,
spokesman Guillaume Darbonne said…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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