Ubuntu H2 - another bootable USB Linux distro

Another day, another bootable USB Linux distro. While last week's FingerGear flash drive was billed as a "computer on a stick," the new Ubuntu H2 from Pertec is being touted as "the first Linux solution bootable on a USB Micro Hard Drive." We're not going to get into a fight over who was first (though if FingerGear and Pertec want to slug it out, we'd be happy to watch), but we do think the H2 has a couple of things going for it, including a smaller form factor, a 3GB capacity and a price of about $165, compared to FingerGear's $149 for 256MB. Of course, if you know what you're doing you can build one of these on a $50 flash drive in about an hour — and somehow, we suspect that somebody's doing that right now, and we're going to see a few of these on eBay any day now.

[jayarr_superstar @ Dec 19th 2005 1:36AM]

what happened to live cds?

[Sarany @ Dec 19th 2005 1:36AM]

NASA Live Video on the link below...
http://www.nasa.gov/55644main_NASATV_Windows.asx

[indiewhore @ Dec 19th 2005 1:36AM]

#1: nothing, they still have a place but you can't save data to a cd-r

[Locarius @ Dec 19th 2005 1:36AM]

Actually that isn't true #2, I forget the name of the distro, but there is a live CD that allows you to write data to a multisession CD. I'm sure the answer is just a google away.

[Suntiger @ Dec 19th 2005 1:36AM]

www.damnsmalllinux.org


^Keydrives and install packages, bootable from within Windows or from power-off. Beats this by miles if you've got a flash drive or an SD/CF/MS/Whatever sitting around. Hell, you could even run it off a PalmOne LifeDrive if you've got one...

[cap11235 @ Dec 19th 2005 1:36AM]

#3: Feather Linux

[Ben Atwood @ Dec 19th 2005 1:36AM]

Their claim to be �the first Linux solution bootable on a USB Micro Hard Drive� is correct, as far as I know. This is based on a microdrive as opposed to the fingergear and several other solutions who have used flash-based devices. A minor difference, for sure, but the extra storage is certainly welcome. It allows for a much more complete linux distribution to be included.

[Usman @ Dec 19th 2005 1:36AM]

I have been using SLAX for a while, and it supports saving data to CD-R. It also provides a webconfig feature where the configuration can be loaded from a web server at boot up time.

[Daniel @ Dec 19th 2005 1:36AM]

I ordered the Ubuntu Linux CDs from their website about 4 months ago and got them 2 weeks ago. THEY ARE CRAP! Just in case anyone was wondering...

My computer ran faster with WinME, and anyone who has had the misfortune of using ME should know how significant that is.

Ahh, well, I guess if you really need a cheap alternative to a decent OS, then Ubuntu is for you.

Not that I can complain TOO much, the CDs and shipping are free :)

[Guillaume Darbonne @ Dec 19th 2005 1:36AM]

You can buy the H2 on our website for 135� (10% rebate) :
http://www.zinside.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=46

[lowkey @ Dec 19th 2005 1:36AM]

Short easy howto install Debian GNU/Linux onto a USB key with everything encrypted.

http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/179