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I have an empty 32 gig USB drive. Is that big enough for a Linux install and all my M&M games? 05/16/2016, 21:49:47

Bones writes: I'll have to install some version of Linux on it. Which version do you think will satisfy our classic gamers that best? We don't need to run all our old apps and we don't need a versatile interface.

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Yes. +tips - Sudo ( Tue 17-May-16 02:56:17 ) +2 I'm very much looking forward to this. - Peter2 ( Tue 17-May-16 04:49:27 ) +2 Ahh, good old Win 2000 - Sudo ( Tue 17-May-16 08:49:41 ) +1 You're going to have to guide me through this one, I'm afraid. - Peter2 ( Tue 17-May-16 09:39:52 ) +1 I hear you - Sudo ( Tue 17-May-16 11:54:31 ) I think DOSBox can be a good solution for that problem. - Ramillies ( Wed 18-May-16 16:45:29 ) What Persistent file size setting do you recommend? - Bones ( Tue 17-May-16 09:52:32 ) +1 oh, the usb installer helps you with that too... i see. - Sudo ( Tue 17-May-16 11:35:43 ) +1 Let's keep this simple, then. - Bones ( Wed 18-May-16 08:22:12 ) +1 sure, but I want people to learn as well, instead of thinking they can just follow instructions. - Sudo ( Wed 18-May-16 09:36:59 ) +1 I've booted to my USB and finished the Xubuntu install.... - Bones ( Thu 19-May-16 09:59:23 ) +2 The easiest and surest way is to install it from package repositories. - Ramillies ( Thu 19-May-16 11:37:13 ) +1 Edit: ... - Ramillies ( Thu 19-May-16 12:26:36 ) +1 An easy-to-boot-to OS alternative is what I'm stiving for.... - Bones ( Thu 19-May-16 17:21:28 ) +1 oh, not. what I expected! - Sudo ( Fri 20-May-16 04:36:56 ) +2 I'd like to avoid going too far down the Linux rabbit hole.... - Bones ( Fri 20-May-16 09:35:44 ) I've installed the Simplicity Desktop ISO on my USB drive.... - Bones ( Fri 20-May-16 15:46:14 ) +1 I've never used that distro ... - Ramillies ( Sat 21-May-16 15:52:06 ) Booting to USB stick -- follow-up - Bones ( Thu 19-May-16 16:50:39 ) A cool native feature of Linux - Sudo ( Tue 17-May-16 12:17:37 ) +1 Nice to know.... - Bones ( Wed 18-May-16 08:30:30 ) +1 Sorry for the confusion! - Sudo ( Wed 18-May-16 09:29:07 ) A nice thought. - Ramillies ( Wed 18-May-16 16:53:13 ) +2 Yes, Dosbox does works fine all the time as far as I know. - Sudo ( Thu 19-May-16 09:56:21 ) Also, thanks for helping over here (n/t) - Sudo ( Fri 20-May-16 04:40:42 ) There may be an alternative. I've been fiddling around with custom Debian distributions recently ... - Ramillies ( Mon 23-May-16 08:02:47 ) +1 I'm very glad to hear that.... - Bones ( Mon 23-May-16 22:35:34 ) +1 That's the reason why I went to try it. - Ramillies ( Tue 24-May-16 07:29:05 )