One option that you have with Linux is installing it to any device or hardware that you please. There are no restrictions so creativity can take over; not worried about breaking a law by putting it on a non-approved device like one would with other operating systems. One option is to put Ubuntu, the entire operating system, on a USB stick.
There are more than one way of doing this. Some sites have automatic tools that let you take any Linux distribution and put it on to a USB. Some of these tools are free and some are paid. Ubuntu in their last few releases has made these tools available by default on the distribution for free.
The first step is to download the ISO file. Get the version of Ubuntu that you want. At this point in time you have two options. The first is to install that version of Ubuntu to your hard drive whether it's an actual install or just a virtual machine. The easier way is to burn the ISO to a CD as an image and boot up in a Live CD.
Once you are booted into Ubuntu go to System > Administration > USB Startup Disk Creator. This will let you put that loaded version of Ubuntu onto a USB and it will be persistent. Persistent means that if you were to make a change, those changes would still be there the next time that you loaded up the operating system. The instructions here are very easy to follow.
Once Ubuntu has written the entire operating system to the USB, shut down the computer and boot up from the USB. Some older computers might have to be told in the BIOS under boot up options to boot from the USB before booting from the hard drive. Once booted, you are in your own operating system on your USB.
It's possible to boot Ubuntu from a USB stick. The entire operating system will persist in this environment and run without problems. The USB Startup Disk Creator makes this process simple to setup.
Source by Phil Reusch
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