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It doesn't, but consider that the vast majority of us already carry our phones everywhere. Would carrying an extra USB stick be that big of a hassle? No, but
by Infinity315 2y ago
It doesn't, but consider that the vast majority of us already carry our phones everywhere.
Would carrying an extra USB stick be that big of a hassle? No, but I can see the need for booting up a ready Linux image being extremely situational so the vast majority of time you're just carrying dead weight.
- forgotpwd16 2y agoYou can have a stick with one boot and one commonly formatted (FAT32/exFAT/ext) partition, Linux image being stored in later. Then it's like a normal stick that can also be used to boot Linux. Ventoy automates this process, allowing you to throw any ISO in a specific directory and boot it.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 2y agoWouldn't it be cool if these general purpose computers in our pockets were useful in novel ways? You're only allowed to use it in the prescribed fashion.
- dataflow 2y agoWhat do you do about the USB cable though? A flash drive you can plug in directly, it's guaranteed to work. A phone requires you to either carry around an extra cable (arguably more annoying to carry than a flash drive) or take the risk that you won't have the right cable available nearby when you're trying to (say) boot a laptop.