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longship

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1. No! Not like Windows!

Reply to dipsydoodle (Original post)

Tue Jun 12, 2012, 05:17 AM

Jun 2012

It's Linux. The difference is that Linux is stable, reliable, and secure and Windows is none of those things.

I've used several versions of these single disk Linux systems. There are several like Knoppix that boot off a CD or DVD or thumb. This one, Tails, leaves no traces on the host computer. I am sure that this would be easy to do with a thumb drive.

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The PC on a memory stick that doesn't leave a trace of your browsing history or documents [View all] dipsydoodle Jun 2012 OP

No! Not like Windows! longship Jun 2012 #1

Also unlike Windows, you can spin a tiny, non-bloated configuration for linux that fits on a stick phantom power Jun 2012 #5

I run Puppy Linux off a thumbdrive. It makes any computer my own. Cooley Hurd Jun 2012 #2

And then what do you do with it? aquart Jun 2012 #3

Pawn it!!! What else? ret5hd Jun 2012 #4

That sound you heard was a million pedophiles cheering NickB79 Jun 2012 #6

It's not quite as hidden as the ad says. jeff47 Jun 2012 #9

kick Dawson Leery Jun 2012 #7

Question- Wouldn't all the browsing or whatever still be traceable to the host computer? n2doc Jun 2012 #8