Few Weeks With A Flash Drive: Day 1

Hey guys! I am here writing a blog about a small personal experience I will have to endure for a few weeks until I can get a new HDD for my laptop. Now before you ask, yes I already have one ready. I just have to travel up to Connecticut to get it from the person who has it for me which is a tad difficult being a 15 year old teenager. Anyway, I am going to be running EVERYTHING I do from a flash drive for a few weeks. The programs I run include but are not limited to:
  • Unity
  • Visual Studio Code
  • Game Maker Studio
  • Minecraft
  • MonoDevelop
  • Google Chrome
  • Steam
  • Discord
  • Skype
So yes, this will be a bit of a challenge considering the flash drive I have is 16 GB. 8 GB for Windows, 6 GB for Ubuntu 16.04, and 2 GB for a Linux swap partition (I hate those things :P) I already have Linux up and running and I am working on installing Windows Vista as my main Windows OS because it is lightweight compared to 7 and newer and it is MUCH smaller in size meaning, I can hold everything I need to on my small 8 GB partition. As for Linux, I am already using almost all of the 6 GB partition and I still haven't installed Unity. I don't think it will be possible at this point. I have VS Code and Google Chrome installed at this point on Linux. I could probably install Minecraft with the remaining space which will also require Java. However, I will not be able to play single player as I don't want to push limits on filling the 6 GB. I'm at about 4.9 GB with what I have and I have to keep Google Chrome's data cleared. I am honestly considering going full incognito mode so Chrome doesn't fill my disk with a few GB of data. As for Skype and Discord, I will use the web apps. No point in installing the desktop apps on such small space. And also as for Steam, I will just have a few games such as Geometry Dash and KoPaP2 (Knights of Paper and Pen 2). Anyway, in a few days, I will post another update on how I'm doing. Something else for you to note is that I am using a USB 2.0 flash drive. Anyways, I hope you have a good day and as always, happy hacking!

Comments

If you want a fun Distro to try, check TAILS. It's a Live CD only OS that is like TOR on steroids. It removes all traces after usage and you can give it an encrypted persistent partition to store stuff in.

Also, I don't think you need a swap partition (but it's always better to have one).

And, maybe use a less bloated system than Ubuntu. As much as I praise Ubuntu, it comes with a lot of bullshit that takes up a lot of space (You technically even need to have 6.7 GB according to the installer) which is not good if you NEED that space.
 

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