I have a box of assorted 1GB and 4GB USB drives.
Funny how stuff you’ve had for years just feels “normal” even when it’s highly unusual.
How else can I have live ISOs of various Linux distros at the ready?
Ventoy is pretty cool.
Can you do a live os with ventoy? With like, persistence^? for data after restarts?
No it only does live ISO. Persistence requires install to USB, not live ISO which would all be stored in RAM.
Some live ISOs like TailsOS do allow persistent storage without installation, which was (probably?) what they were trying to ask.
Yes. Multiple live operating systems on one USB that have persistent storage without install would be neat, but sounds like it’s distro dependent
You can do a live OS, but I’m not sure how it handles persistent storage, sorry.
I just download whatever i see that is interesting off distrowatch and drop it on my ventoy usb, alongside whatever I need backed up (also on google drive just in case, since idk how reliable a usb with ventoy on it is for data)
It’s annoying, a lot of them are more than 4GB now :(
Never know when you’re going to need one on a new moon on the ides of march formatted to apple_HFS to update the firmware on your cousins 2004 pioneer in-dash dvd player
also it has to be 4 gig USB 1.1
I just have boxes of defunct cables.
Oh, I have one of those too, but I suspect that’s more common even amongst non-computer users.
I have an old dbrand phone case sitting in my dresser that holds all my flash drives. They’re all various sizes from 4GB to 32GB and are filled with different Linux and Windows ISOs. They were supplanted by a 128GB drive with Ventoy.
I have my usb in a cute little semi transparent sack.
It makes me feel like a fairy, but instead of start dust I pour unknown linux distros (because I don’t label them).
Those make me strangely nostalgic. I really want sticks with single digit GBs. I have one 1GB stick left, none with 2 or 4, one with 8 and then we’re at 32 already…
Oh and I remember my very first one with 64MB
Shoot I had some that were 4 to 16 MB. Might still have in a drawer?
My favorite was a tiny steel one that was 32 MB. Tough as nails and small enough to keep in a back pocket.
I still have megabyte usb sticks lol. I think I have one 32gb and a 64gb but the rest are all megabyte sticks.
I have more SD cards than USB drives.
Is this ironic? They have been very common gadgets and regularly become trivially cheap gadget at increzing sized through the years.
It’s a fair bet virtualy everybody have those lying around.
Most people aren’t heavy computer users like the average Lemmy user.
I needed an SD card for a new recorder I picked up and only probably needed a 32GB. Smallest option at the store was 128 for $25 and $30 for 256. I went with the 256 just because I could.
Storage is practically free these days. I’m sure you could find an eBay listing for like 100 of the cheap ones for $10.
Not in the entire world, unfortunately :(
I’m not most people. 😎
I feel attacked! I have a ziplock bag of assorted USB thumb drives!
I never get rid of usb drives. Small ones are still great for docs.
… most do. USB drives have been handed out like candy at every professional conference I have been to for decades.
Most people do not go to professional conferences, though
Yes they do
Not anymore, and anyone who does should be disciplined.
Users disciplined? BWAHAHAHAHAHA
Have you ever actually worked in IT Security?
I had to check but yes, mine start at 128 MB
Back when we were excited to have an 8MB SD card in our phones, I had a bunch of those laying around.
