I’ve repurposed a 32 GB M.2 SATA SSD as a bootable “USB stick” and I’m putting useful tools on it. So far I’ve got memtest, seatools, gparted live, system rescue, clonezilla, and a live install iso of the distro installed on my PC. What other great bootable tools am I sleeping on?
Not spesifically a tool to put on a USB stick, but Ventoy is worth checking. I’ve had a bit mixed results with it on older hardware but when it works it’s pretty easy to manage your carry-on-tools.
UNetbootin could be cool, it’ll provide access to many iso’s instead of just one.
Distro’s supported:
- Ubuntu - Kubuntu - Xubuntu - Lubuntu - Debian - openSUSE - Arch Linux - Damn Small Linux - SliTaz - Linux Mint - Zenwalk - Slax - Elive - CentOS - FreeBSD - NetBSD - 3CX - Fedora - PCLinuxOS - Sabayon Linux - Gentoo - MEPIS - LinuxConsole - Frugalware Linux - xPUD - Puppy LinuxIt can be used to load various system utilities too, such as:
- Parted Magic - SystemRescueCD - Super Grub Disk - Dr.Web Antivirus - F-Secure Rescue CD - Kaspersky Rescue Disk - Backtrack - Ophcrack - NTPasswd - Gujin - Smart Boot Manager - FreeDOS
Testdisk, clamxTK, rkhunter or chkrootkit, mobile verification toolkit, lshw, time shift maybe deja-dup.
I think your idea is a good one. Like a linux Swiss Army knife. You can have lots of tools that you don’t need all the time but might be handy in a pinch. Especially if you don’t have internet.
I too think this is worth discussing. The past decade I’ve always wanted one live USB for my keychain that would be the ultimate swiss army knife. I’ve found decent ones, booted them with Ventoy, and made a custom Arch image, but its never been a polished, beautiful experience that works OOTB, that I could share or replicate quickly
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