Re: [Trisquel-users] Keepod: re-inventing the wheel

2014-05-11 Thread legimet . calc
Well, if you have to use a Mac (like I do in school), just hold down the Alt/Option key and you will be able to select your flash drive. Most non-Mac computers also have a key to select the boot medium (boot menu or something similar) without going into the bios setup. I don't know if that

[Trisquel-users] Keepod: re-inventing the wheel

2014-05-10 Thread danieldelahoyde
This BBC web site article by, amazingly a Click journalist, Click is the BBCs technology programme so they should know better, implies a technology thats been around for almost 15 years, the OS on a USB stick, is new and revolutionary: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27346567 I've a

Re: [Trisquel-users] Keepod: re-inventing the wheel

2014-05-10 Thread mikko . viinamaki
I think this is a good idea except for the google and proprietary software parts. $7 doesn't buy much of a laptop these days.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Keepod: re-inventing the wheel

2014-05-10 Thread legimet . calc
It's just a persistent Live USB, which can be created using the Startup Disk Creator. All you have to do is specify the ISO image and the size of the persistence file. I use a Trisquel live USB on the school Macs. The only problem is that the wifi requires nonfree firmware, so I carry my USB

Re: [Trisquel-users] Keepod: re-inventing the wheel

2014-05-10 Thread mikko . viinamaki
Most if not all computers are set to not boot from the USB and the BIOS setup is locked where I live.