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pirate541 · **Joined:** May 27, 2011 **Posts:** 707

Greetings to All

I am sorry if I have not been on lately,but my laptop crashed.
I have borrowed one for one,but i can't add gimp on it,it is not mine.
I am hoping to be able to retrieve all the scripts i added when i buy my own again.
Just wanted to let You all know i did not desert you

tstandiford · **Posted:** Tue Nov 08, 2011 9:03 pm **(#2)**

Thanks! You could always download and install gimp portable on a pen drive if you're really looking to run gimp without actually installing it on a computer. That's what I do at work (lol)

Just a thought.

nixnine · **Posted:** Tue Nov 08, 2011 10:01 pm **(#3)**

Or maybe even install an entire system to a flash drive. I installed ubuntu 11.10 on a 16gb flashdrive. I installed my favorite programs -- including gimp, of course -- and still have more than 10gb free. I can boot up "my" system from any fairly new computer which can boot from usb. It's cool. I take it everywhere I go when I'm not using it. And my gimp setup has everything a fanatic could want. Try it out. And there are still enough people out there who haven't heard of any such thing as an OS on a flash drive. Impress a lot of people, hahaha.

tstandiford · **Posted:** Wed Nov 09, 2011 7:43 am **(#4)**

nixnine wrote:

Or maybe even install an entire system to a flash drive. I installed ubuntu 11.10 on a 16gb flashdrive. I installed my favorite programs -- including gimp, of course -- and still have more than 10gb free. I can boot up "my" system from any fairly new computer which can boot from usb. It's cool. I take it everywhere I go when I'm not using it. And my gimp setup has everything a fanatic could want. Try it out. And there are still enough people out there who haven't heard of any such thing as an OS on a flash drive. Impress a lot of people, hahaha.

That's a good point. I always have an Ubuntu pen handy as one of my main tools in my "windows fixin' toolbox"

cecilia · **Posted:** Wed Nov 09, 2011 8:38 am **(#5)**

this http://www.linuxliveusb.com/ is what I used to put linux on a flash drive
make sure persistence is on and you can install programs and keep their settings.

nixnine · **Posted:** Wed Nov 09, 2011 9:59 am **(#6)**

You can do a live setup, yes, but I like to install as if the flash drive were a hard drive so I don't have to worry about persistence or losing settings. I use a liveusb created with unetbootin, boot up from the liveusb, then install to a second usb drive. So you need several USB ports. Just have to select the drive and format/partition it. Careful when selecting the drive so you don't install over the HD OS. :hehe

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tstandiford · **Posted:** Wed Nov 09, 2011 10:11 am **(#7)**

nixnine wrote:

You can do a live setup, yes, but I like to install as if the flash drive were a hard drive so I don't have to worry about persistence or losing settings. I use a liveusb created with unetbootin, boot up from the liveusb, then install to a second usb drive. So you need several USB ports. Just have to select the drive and format/partition it. Careful when selecting the drive so you don't install over the HD OS. :hehe

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Clever. Very clever.

mahvin · **Joined:** Oct 06, 2010 **Posts:** 4050

Thanks Nixnine, I'll employ that cool trick myself.

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 14715 **Location:** USA

pirate541 wrote:

Greetings to All

I am sorry if I have not been on lately,but my laptop crashed.
I have borrowed one for one,but i can't add gimp on it,it is not mine.
I am hoping to be able to retrieve all the scripts i added when i buy my own again.
Just wanted to let You all know i did not desert you

Hope you get a new setup soon.Welcome back.