What is PERSISTENCE on a Linux USB Drive?

Today we talk a little about USB persistence and look at how Tails partitions disks. We also talk about other distros that might be good for usb persistence.
#tails #persistence #linux

Creating Persistence Storage:

00:00 - What Is Persistence?
01:40 - Why is TAILS the Best?
03:30 - How is TAILS Partitioning?
08:15 - Are Their Other Persistent Distros?
10:40 - Puppy Linux
11:33 - MX Linux
12:25 - Linux Lite

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[Deathtome.]

Thanks for the detailed answer, will try out tails with persistent storage. 🐢

[SailAway]

Parrot also has a home edition and a roll your own. It provides a fairly decent Debian based distro. Especially if you have non-kernel wifi dongles.

[anon_y_mousse]

As a longtime Slackware user, I've got my thumb drive setup with that. Good for rescue situations or to install on another computer. I know that they have instructions for installing it with a Raspberry Pi as well, and one day I may try that, but I don't do anything particularly custom with my Pi's. However, I do use the micro-SD card to boot and have all of my /home folder on a USB drive, similar to how I have my /home folder on a different hard drive for my desktop. I've changed out that USB drive for my Pi twice, as I only do every two years, and each time I upgraded the amount of storage I had. I've got a 256gb flash drive on the Pi now.

[craigtegeler]

Persistence on a thumb drive is great! Hey Tom! how's it going?? TENS OS could even be better if only being
continued to be supported for Mil use and for the Public licensing as well! I sampled it's use many moons ago,
and I thought that this was just clear over the top and nearly illegal to use. I did use the Public version only! This
OS has been maintained by the USAF for very obvious Since it is falling out of favor no a
days, I have the last remaining support version that I downloaded October 17th of last year. In some respects
this public released version does resemble Raspian OS in some respects back when I first tried it out. Since
then, I did not follow up on other release updates and it wasn't until I became rather curious as to whether it
was still around, but sure enough, I grabbed it and placed it in a safe spot on my extended drive partition. The
.iso is intact just waiting for me to burn a disk. My preferred method is by placing it onto CD and the size of
it is only 429.236 KB. The version is 1.7.2_public .iso

[lastinline]

I use MX Linux with persistence on an SD card plugged into a usb converter to have an alternate system I can boot into for...stuff. I have boocoo settings adjustments, as well as custom wallpaper, icons. cursors, apps, etc. I can also easily transfer files from it onto my main system drive. It was easy to set up, and I can use it for maybe 2 doz boot ups before it starts to act wonky.

[upson]

Hello, I need help, how do I make a sparrow wallet software persistent in tails, for example, I tried but couldn't?

[Jojo-CY]

Thank you for introducing me to Linux. Keep up the great work! Curious, is there a concern with some of these old computers who now have Linux installed but no longer receive bios update from manufacture?

[gavinstirling]

I'd like to have something like Mint on a USB with persistence which also has the ability to load custom settings and software in the way Tails works --- or in other words, Tails without having everything forced through Tor.

[STONE_]

Making Tails Persistent just makes what Tails was made for Pointless. Might as well use another Distro. Tails is supposed to wipe itself after a session to keep a person safe, without leaving anything behind.