Best Linux distro to put on pendrive

[TheLinuxUser]

I need some linux distro for basic work but it needs to run from usb.

[SuperCloneRanger]

Most(all?) modern linux distros can be run from a pen drive. are you looking for something very light for under powered hardware or something with more modern features?

[LukeSavenije]

just like there's no best distro, there's no best distro on a pendrive

 

i personally have had ubuntu gnome and manjaro cinnamon on one, but that's not something you'd do with old hardware for example

[nayas]

Linux mint

[TheKDub]

33 minutes ago, TheLinuxUser said:

I need some linux distro for basic work but it needs to run from usb.

Ubuntu (or one of its many flavors)? Linus Mint? Kali?

 

There are lots of them out there.

[LogicalDrm]

I've had elementaryOS and Slax.

[Hogosha]

Depends on what you call basic work. I keep Tails on one, but that is a privacy distro. Use a distro that you like. If you are going to be using machines that do not have USB 3 make sure it is a lighter distro. Most all distros work from a flash drive so choose one that works for the kind of work that you do.

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[Fourthdwarf]

Puppy Linux is likely your best bet. It loads the OS (~210mb) entirely into RAM, in order to negate the slowness of the USB. TinyCore/Core does this as well, but they aren't as full featured as puppy.

 

 

[leonard_sun]

I prefer MX Linux being installed on a pendrive. Persistent storage is easily configured, and the resulting Gparted drive has one that is readable by Windows for those times, that pendrive has to act as nothing but a removable storage device.