A live USB is a portable USB-attached external data storage device containing a full operating system that can be booted from. The term is reminiscent of USB flash drives but may encompass an external hard disk drive or solid-state drive, though they may be referred to as "live HDD" and "live SSD" respectively. They are the evolutionary next step after live CDs, but with the added benefit of writable storage, allowing customizations to the booted operating system. Live USBs can be used in embedded systems for system administration, data recovery, or test driving, and can persistently save settings and install software packages on the USB device.
Many operating systems including Mac OS 9, macOS, Windows XP Embedded and a large portion of Linux and BSD distributions can run from a USB flash drive, and Windows 8 Enterprise has a feature titled Windows To Go for a similar purpose.
A liveUSB is a portable USB-attached external data storage device containing a full operating system that can be booted from. The term is reminiscent...
for creating a liveUSB. Only those listed on Wikipedia are included. "Multiboot" means that the tool allows multiple systems on the USB stick, as well...
Berry Linux CentOS – installable live CD Fedora – installable live CD, with GNOME or KDE Korora – installable liveUSB (recommended over DVD), with Cinnamon...
storage device that includes flash memory with an integrated USB interface. A typical USB drive is removable, rewritable, and smaller than an optical disc...
update, that allows the system to boot and run from certain USB mass storage devices such as USB flash drives and external hard disk drives which have been...
Universal USB Installer (UUI) is an open-source live Linux USB flash drive creation software. It allows users to create a bootable liveUSB flash drive...
steadily phased-out, live CDs have become less popular, being replaced by liveUSBs, which are equivalent systems written onto USB flash drives, which...
of activities LiveUSB, an operating system bootable from a USB flash drive Ableton Live, digital audio workstation software Edel Live, a South Korean...
LinuxLiveUSB Creator is a free Microsoft Windows program that creates LiveUSB systems from installed images of supported Linux distributions. Due to...
LiveUSB of Zenwalk Linux for versions up to 5.2 can be created manually or with UNetbootin. Current versions of Zenwalk can also booted from a USB using...
Startup Disk Creator (USB-creator) is an official tool to create LiveUSBs of Ubuntu from the Live CD or from an ISO image. The tool is included by default...
these operating systems will load from a removable media such as a Live CD or a LiveUSB stick. A "frugal" install can also often be completed, allowing...
Vulnerable Linux. A LiveUSB of Damn Small Linux can be created manually or with applications like UNetbootin. See List of tools to create LiveUSB systems for...
Ubuntu, the Ubuntu LiveUSB creator can be used to install Ubuntu on a USB drive (with or without a live CD or DVD). Creating a bootable USB drive with persistence...
creating bootable usb media storage device with files such as .iso, .wim, .img, .vhd(x), and .efi files. Once Ventoy is installed onto a USB drive, there is...
called rpmdrake, which is integrated into the Mandriva Control Center. A LiveUSB of Mandriva Linux can be created manually or with UNetbootin. From 2007–2011...
custom images Fedora Project List of tools to create bootable USB "How to make a Fedora USB stick". Fedora Magazine. 2017-05-22. Retrieved 2019-12-02....
computer operating system based on Debian Linux. It can boot as a live CD, from USB flash drive, or can be installed on a hard drive. The distribution's...
a USB installer to create a LiveUSB, where the user's configuration and personal data can be saved if desired. A liveUSB of older versions of PCLinuxOS...
media that the computer can support. It can function as a liveUSB for flash devices or other USB mediums, a CD, an internal hard disk drive, an SD card...
("Universal Netboot Installer") is a cross-platform utility that can create liveUSB systems and can load a variety of system utilities or install various Linux...
method of installing Linux is by booting from a liveUSB memory stick, which can be created by using a USB image writer application and the ISO image, which...
Manjaro (/mænˈdʒɑːroʊ/ man-JAAR-oh) is a free and open-source Linux distribution based on the Arch Linux operating system that has a focus on user-friendliness...
on Debian designed to be run directly from a CD / DVD (Live CD) or a USB flash drive (LiveUSB). It was first released in 2000 by German Linux consultant...
intended to be used as a permanent operating system. It runs from a Live CD, a USB flash drive or any type of hard drive. It was designed by a team led...
However, APT is fully supported. Users can also modify the default CD image or USB drive installation to customize the packages available in the distribution...