Installing Ubuntu on a USB/flash drive

[Rorossi]

Okay, i've been using win 8.1 pro for a while now and since the desktop is a family desktop i am starting to wonder if some sort of virus got in. First utorrent started acting all crazy, then the explorer.exe went bonkers, even though i deleted all the files of utorrent from "\AppData\Roming\utorrent" i still have a "utorrent.exe" running in the background. So coming to the point a few years ago in my local paper i read this article about one installing ubuntu on a flash drive to get rid of said virus since 99% of the viruses are aimed at windows OS's, i was pretty sure i saved that article i couldn't find it, So will you guys help me ASAP because the amount of insane shit happening on my desktop is unbelievable! 

[Marxtai]

Here's a guide on how to install Ubuntu on a USB stick : https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick

 

No offnse, but if you can't find a guide by yourself on how to do something very simple and common - when there are already dozens of guides on this - installing Ubuntu might not be the best idea, especially for a family computer - unless you want to dual-boot, but that won't get rid of your Windows problems. I've never used the Ubuntu distro, but I've played with several distros and you need to do a lot of searching sometimes to do very simple things. That might not be the case with Ubuntu since it's more "mainstream" and popular than some other distros, so I might be wrong here.

 

In any cases, run a Malwarebytes scan first, and you can always do a clean install of Windows to get rid of everything and start fresh.

[manikyath]

to be honest, i think you're better off tossing malwarebytes on the machine, and doing a few scans.

 

if you cannot do the basic linux install by yourself, you may not be the right person for linux.

the family computer might also not be the right location to experiment to learn the inner workings of linux.

[Rorossi]

Here's a guide on how to install Ubuntu on a USB stick : https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick

 

No offnse, but if you can't find a guide by yourself on how to do something very simple and common - when there are already dozens of guides on this - installing Ubuntu might not be the best idea, especially for a family computer - unless you want to dual-boot, but that won't get rid of your Windows problems. I've never used the Ubuntu distro, but I've played with several distros and you need to do a lot of searching sometimes to do very simple things. That might not be the case with Ubuntu since it's more "mainstream" and popular than some other distros, so I might be wrong here.

 

In any cases, run a Malwarebytes scan first, and you can always do a clean install of Windows to get rid of everything and start fresh.

well the last time i tried something like this i erased the whole hard drive, so just to be sure  but i did recover all the data so that was good on the other hand i had a fresh copy of win 8.1 installed later

[AnnoyedShelf]

Okay, i've been using win 8.1 pro for a while now and since the desktop is a family desktop i am starting to wonder if some sort of virus got in. First utorrent started acting all crazy, then the explorer.exe went bonkers, even though i deleted all the files of utorrent from "\AppData\Roming\utorrent" i still have a "utorrent.exe" running in the background. So coming to the point a few years ago in my local paper i read this article about one installing ubuntu on a flash drive to get rid of said virus since 99% of the viruses are aimed at windows OS's, i was pretty sure i saved that article i couldn't find it, So will you guys help me ASAP because the amount of insane shit happening on my desktop is unbelievable! 

UNetbootin is the easiest way.  Plus it's extremely effective.  I use it for most distros.  Note that it won't work with Arch based distros though.

[manikyath]

UNetbootin is the easiest way.  Plus it's extremely effective.  I use it for most distros.  Note that it won't work with Arch based distros though.

is there anything that works with arch out of the box?

 

arch itself doesnt work out of the box.

/s

i actually like arch... its just a pain to use...

[AnnoyedShelf]

is there anything that works with arch out of the box?

 

arch itself doesnt work out of the box.

/s

i actually like arch... its just a pain to use...

Manjaro isn't a pain, and is Arch based.  Really well put together I might add.

[manikyath]

Manjaro isn't a pain, and is Arch based.  Really well put together I might add.

i've actually been putting off on installing manjaro on my main system, i REALLY like it, but theres a few corners that i keep hitting (as with any other distro, like trying to update linux mint without install media)

[AnnoyedShelf]

i've actually been putting off on installing manjaro on my main system, i REALLY like it, but theres a few corners that i keep hitting (as with any other distro, like trying to update linux mint without install media)

Check out Spatry's Cup of Linux on YouTube, he has an entire series on doing stuff in Manjaro.  Should also check out his forums, there are some different spinoffs of Manjaro there for you to try as well (Including one he made himself)

[manikyath]

Check out Spatry's Cup of Linux on YouTube, he has an entire series on doing stuff in Manjaro.  Should also check out his forums, there are some different spinoffs of Manjaro there for you to try as well (Including one he made himself)

i know my way around manjaro, i'm trying to remember what the exact issue i ran into was, i think it was an issue with audio over hdmi.

 

point is: linux takes knowledge, time and patience. the last 2 of those are the biggest issue for most people.