After the USB startup disk was a success, I decided to try installing Ubuntu directly on the USB thumb drive, like any other HDD. It works! All you have to do to have your own portable version of Ubuntu is click ‘Advanced’ on step 7 of 7 (of the installation) and choose the USB thumb [...]
I play around on my wife’s laptop from time to time, but hardly ever use it for anything constructive. This is mainly because I don’t want to load it down with a bunch of development tools and things that she’ll never use. I bought the laptop for her, so the fewer things I can use [...]