How long will a USB key with an OS installed on it last?
- by Xananax
I've heard numerous times that installing an OS on a USB key is a bad thing to do, as USBs typically have a certain number of writes before dying, and installing an OS on it will wear it out (unless it's used sporadically for rescue purposes).
Nonetheless, I am very tempted to install some flavour of Linux (Ubuntu or Arch, I haven't decided yet)…