Good linux distro for SD card?
Mar 15, 2010 | 12:14 pm
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Good linux distro for SD card?
Looking to put a distribution of Linux on a bootable SD card for those times when I do not need to boot into Windows. Getting online quick to check Yelp for dinner, or finding the hotel reservation that didn't make it onto my Blackberry.
Anyone have any experience?
Anyone have any experience?
Mar 15, 2010 | 1:45 pm
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I'm not sure what sort of device you're using, but my experience with using Linux from a high-speed USB memory stick is that it was much, much slower than booting into Windows itself. May not be worth the trouble but YMMV 
Mar 15, 2010 | 3:17 pm
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That's been my experience as well: booting from the SD slot on my laptop does not seem to be faster than booting from the hard drive, even with a fast card.
Mar 16, 2010 | 7:42 am
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That also depends on the Linux distro that you choose. Some are optimized for fast boot (like TinyCore, Puppy, and Arch, for example), some (like Ubuntu) are nearly as bloated and slow as Windows.