Slax Linux is a handy portable operating system that can be a useful alternative to bulky, more complicated Linux options that install to a hard drive. However, if you are looking for a quick and ...

You may think of operating systems as something you install once and leave on a hard drive. But not every OS needs to tie itself down to a machine. Portable operating ...

As we mentioned last week, a new version of Puppy Linux is out and, because Puppy is extremely lightweight, it's an ideal candidate for installation on a USB stick or similar portable storage device.

We've written about portable apps quite a number of times in the past, but why bother with just apps when there's a whole OS that'll fit on a 50MB USB stick? Damn Small Linux, sometimes abbreviated ...

We live in a Golden Age of single-board computers. There was a time when a portable computer that was any good was a relatively rare and expensive device, certainly not something you could expect to ...

It’s not every day that an open-source, portable Linux handheld computer gets announced, so I couldn’t resist placing an order for the DevTerm by ClockworkPi back when we first learned about the ...

Linux: Lightweight Portable Security (LPS-Public) is a bootable live CD designed by the Department of Defense so that government employees can access data from a public computer without worrying about ...

In the past few months, a small community has been budding around the Western Digital MyBook II, a popular paperback-sized external hard drive. It quickly was discovered that the Ethernet-capable ...

Linux's installation methods can come with certain annoyances when you're just testing apps, like needing extra repositories or dependencies. If you don't want to do a full app install, ...

Portable apps aren't anything new. There are variations of "single executable apps" for most platforms, and some people swear by keeping their own applications with them for use when away from home. I ...