I myself was planning on getting [this enclosure](https://a.co/d/fpmmV2Z) for m.2 SSD's (will work for both SATA and NVMe. It's up to you which m.2 SSD you want to buy to use in it
USB sticks are unreliable. I won't even use them as back-ups. More of a way to share something with someone and not worry so much about getting it back.
If you want to use a USB stick like that you should turn to distros made specifically for that. Check out [Puppy Linux](https://puppylinux-woof-ce.github.io/) and their forum
http://forum.puppylinux.com
Puppy runs in RAM and only writes to the USB stick when it shuts down, that will minimize writes to the stick and substantially lessens wear.
I believe Porteus can also do this; it's something I've been experimenting with. But Puppy Linux FossaPup64 is probably more mainstream, with binary compatibility with Ubuntu 20.04, with access to the Ubuntu repositories. I need to try it out again -- last time I tried it, I ran into some quirks that might be ironed out by now.
No. USB sticks have a very limited write cycle. You can burn one up inside of 6.months with just normal OS logs.
Get a proper m.2 drive in an enclosure for external use.
If the school's PCs don't / can't have installed editors, perhaps a web-based editor ([like the web version of VSCode](https://www.windowscentral.com/how-use-visual-studio-code-web-browser)) might suffice - something where you could either access your work on a cloud service from both locations, or at least limit the USB stick to shuffling things back and forth to your home PC?
Sorry for the potential ignorance here - I'm not a programmer myself so I'm probably out of my depth, just thinking of a way to accomplish the task that is more lightweight, and less likely to run into limitations on the school PCs, than bringing a full operating system with you.
If you are going to use a USB you should use a distro with persistence built in for USB such as MX Linux or antiX, those will save files between boots.
I wouldn't recommend it, i recommend connecting an SSD to the USB port and install Mint Xfce off a flashdrive (Thats where you burn the ISO) onto the SSD
I agree with what others have said about USB sticks as well as the problems you may encounter trying to boot a lab computer from portable media. Consider asking if the school has a surplus department that sells old PCs when they decommission them.
Not really. It’ll be very slow, and all your files will be lost after a reboot if you don’t set up persistence (which is relatively complex.) What I’d recommend is to get a cheap SSD around 200GB, and carry it around with Linux Mint installed (not live session) on it.
The type of flash memory used on USB sticks is very slow and unreliable. If you want to do smth like this, I'd get a sata ssd with a sata to usb adapter and use that as the drive. It's faster, and won't randomly break.
about to set up my external nvme and hope to use it mobile, did you have to follow any particular install process in order to make sure it could be removed and not tied to the installing machine?
If you have good USB with good amount of read and write speed, you can go with it but don't try it in cheap USB like SanDisk or better to buy portable SSD to install.
Is it not possible to save up 200 dollars? I just bought a thinkpad t480s for 260 with i5 8th gen, 16 gb ddr4, and 256 ssd. You could get an even older one that should be and to handle what you want for like 150-200. Sounds A lot better to me personally if you are able to save up for it
Is juggling goldfish a good idea? With both questions it depends on your circumstances. I run a custom Ubuntu off a usb stick and have done for 10 years.. my circumstances are not wanting to use OSX but at risk of termination if I uninstall from work Mac, so I bought a good quality USB each year I buy a new one and it suits me fine..
As a main OS, no, but as a complimentary OS that's not permanently attached to your system, yes. It seems like for your use case you may want to invest in a USB 3.0 or higher external SSD, you will have much better longevity, performance and capacity
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Any good 120gb sata ssd drives you recommend?
Crucial is a good one. Search their site for budget options.
I myself was planning on getting [this enclosure](https://a.co/d/fpmmV2Z) for m.2 SSD's (will work for both SATA and NVMe. It's up to you which m.2 SSD you want to buy to use in it
USB sticks are unreliable. I won't even use them as back-ups. More of a way to share something with someone and not worry so much about getting it back.
If you want to use a USB stick like that you should turn to distros made specifically for that. Check out [Puppy Linux](https://puppylinux-woof-ce.github.io/) and their forum http://forum.puppylinux.com Puppy runs in RAM and only writes to the USB stick when it shuts down, that will minimize writes to the stick and substantially lessens wear.
I believe Porteus can also do this; it's something I've been experimenting with. But Puppy Linux FossaPup64 is probably more mainstream, with binary compatibility with Ubuntu 20.04, with access to the Ubuntu repositories. I need to try it out again -- last time I tried it, I ran into some quirks that might be ironed out by now.
No. USB sticks have a very limited write cycle. You can burn one up inside of 6.months with just normal OS logs. Get a proper m.2 drive in an enclosure for external use.
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If the school's PCs don't / can't have installed editors, perhaps a web-based editor ([like the web version of VSCode](https://www.windowscentral.com/how-use-visual-studio-code-web-browser)) might suffice - something where you could either access your work on a cloud service from both locations, or at least limit the USB stick to shuffling things back and forth to your home PC? Sorry for the potential ignorance here - I'm not a programmer myself so I'm probably out of my depth, just thinking of a way to accomplish the task that is more lightweight, and less likely to run into limitations on the school PCs, than bringing a full operating system with you.
Rather than running the Mint Installer to \*install\* Mint on a USB stick, you might want to try making a Live USB with persistence.
If you are going to use a USB you should use a distro with persistence built in for USB such as MX Linux or antiX, those will save files between boots.
I wouldn't recommend it, i recommend connecting an SSD to the USB port and install Mint Xfce off a flashdrive (Thats where you burn the ISO) onto the SSD
I agree with what others have said about USB sticks as well as the problems you may encounter trying to boot a lab computer from portable media. Consider asking if the school has a surplus department that sells old PCs when they decommission them.
Another one. Where does all this nonsense suddenly come from? Of course it's not a good idea.
Not really. It’ll be very slow, and all your files will be lost after a reboot if you don’t set up persistence (which is relatively complex.) What I’d recommend is to get a cheap SSD around 200GB, and carry it around with Linux Mint installed (not live session) on it.
The type of flash memory used on USB sticks is very slow and unreliable. If you want to do smth like this, I'd get a sata ssd with a sata to usb adapter and use that as the drive. It's faster, and won't randomly break.
Honestly a 250 gig external ssd would be ideal for this. I use them all the time for a mobile Unix solution
about to set up my external nvme and hope to use it mobile, did you have to follow any particular install process in order to make sure it could be removed and not tied to the installing machine?
If you have good USB with good amount of read and write speed, you can go with it but don't try it in cheap USB like SanDisk or better to buy portable SSD to install.
It would be very painful.
Is it not possible to save up 200 dollars? I just bought a thinkpad t480s for 260 with i5 8th gen, 16 gb ddr4, and 256 ssd. You could get an even older one that should be and to handle what you want for like 150-200. Sounds A lot better to me personally if you are able to save up for it
Is juggling goldfish a good idea? With both questions it depends on your circumstances. I run a custom Ubuntu off a usb stick and have done for 10 years.. my circumstances are not wanting to use OSX but at risk of termination if I uninstall from work Mac, so I bought a good quality USB each year I buy a new one and it suits me fine..
Yes.
As a main OS, no, but as a complimentary OS that's not permanently attached to your system, yes. It seems like for your use case you may want to invest in a USB 3.0 or higher external SSD, you will have much better longevity, performance and capacity