Ive got some ideas to try with a flashdrive ive picked up but i want to know what others would do with such a device? I was thinking i could use it for retro gaming or something like important files.
What would you do?
I know its not alot of room but i got it for cheap.
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How about a project Gutenberg “best of” CD full of free public domain ebooks?
Download page: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11220 Link directly to download: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/11220/PG2003-08.ISO
They also had a dual layer DVD download if you want something bigger. They don’t seem to host it anymore, but archive.org does.
I install a full MX-Linux distro on an old 32Gb usb drive.
Particularly helpful when family or friends have IT problems.
I install the latest downloaded distro on a usb with dd:
sudo fdisk -l
sudo dd if=MX-23.5_x64.iso of=/dev/sdX status=progress
The /dev/sdX could be sdb, sdc, sdd, or microsd /dev/nvme0n1
boot into the live distro F12,
fully update the live disk.
set it up as you would your new linux device. network manager, web browser, text editor, email, VPN, etc and any tools you want.
whatever you change here goes into your new usb distro settings
once complete, install and run bleachbit as user and as root to clear all the caches and install data.
install another blank usb into the laptop
Open MX-Linux tools to create a snapshot
select Snapshot.
select a different snapshot directory. use the blank usb you just inserted,
usually: /dev/sdb
rename the snapshot to a name of choice.
once the creation of the snapshot is complete, safely remove the usb drive and shut down the live distro.
boot into your daily driver.
Insert the usb drive with the MX-Linux snapshot, and transfer it to a new folder/directory.
insert the 32Gb usb. format it with gparted, fat32 is fine
open the folder/directory with the snapshot.iso
open a terminal
then install the snapshot onto the usb with dd.
sudo fdisk -l
sudo dd if=snapshot.iso of=/dev/sdX status=progress
The /dev/sdX could be sdb, sdc, sdd, or microsd /dev/nvme0n1
always double check with:
sudo fdisk -l
32gb loop of Never Gonna Give You Up
Silent Hill 2
TailsOS
You can fit since some hours of 1080p porn.
When the apocalypse happens and Internet goes away it’s gonna be worth a lot of bottle caps
You should probably take the hit and put a few 4K pieces on there as a treat. Maybe balance out with a 480/720 collection for smut.
What is the appcalupse??? Is that some Jamaican catastrophe that ends all software application?
I corrected it, now you look like a fool
I am shamed! Oh the humiliation.
;-)
Come oooon, where are the comments about cool hacking shit where you can extract data or installs a keylogger just by plugging in the flash drive?
you’re thinking of badusb, generally it’s gonna require bespoke or modified hardware :/
Aaaw maaaan :(
there’s still plenty of ways to make stuff autorun in a similar way. the thing that makes proper badUSBs so scary is that they’re recognized by the system as a keyboard.
it’s somewhat difficult to discern bad actors from regular users for this kind of attack, but it also hasn’t become prolific enough for anyone to bother. at a certain point it’s more the fault of building security for allowing some randy to access to sensitive hardware.
Retro gaming device seems pretty cool actually. What if you configure your system so that when you plug it in, it autolaunches an emulator and looks at ROMs on the USB :o
Counter Strike Source and other old school LAN games.
Then invite friends over and pass the drive around so they can all install games and you can have a LAN party.
Ventoy? Linux live iso files aren’t too big less than 5Gb each. You could toss on a handful of utilities like memcheck, clonezilla, and a hdd eraser. Then a few isos of distros you want to try. Adding and removing isos is a breeze with ventoy.
Did the Ventoy binary blob thing ever get resolved?
/dev/urandom- you never know what you’re going to getI keep getting the complete works of Shakespeare but the main character is always named Dave. 🤷
How is this so hard!? A monkey could do it!
You could install a full suite of portable applications: portableapps.com
I’d start off by formatting the thing with Hiren’s boot usb. This way you’ve got that build as the base and the utilities that are prepackaged therein. Then you add all the portable stuff you think you might need.
Is Hirens still updated? Last time I used it (years ago) it was pretty long in the tooth.
I’ve been using it all the time. Currently I think uses windows 10 as the shell if I’m not mistaken? But there’s still also the 7.
Check out Kiwix for offline libraries like Wikipedia and TED
A bag of frozen peas.
Fill it with this
