linuxgeek: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] What next?

The distinction is the two different USB devices. One is the USB Media Stick which is used for storing media files. This will NOT operate as a drive, which is the other kind - a USB Drive which will run portable softwares and launch and install ISO's (distros) - and again, you can NOT do that on a USB Media "Stick".

I left out the word media in "USB Media Stick" which may be the confusion. The point is I always mention that and especially to someone new as they may run down and buy a USB Media Stick instead of a drive and spend endless hours trying to figure out what they are doing wrong and why it does not work until some helper finally figures out to ask them if they purchased a stick instead of drive.

They look the same new on the store shelf and you have to double like at the package and make sure it is a DRIVE and not a simple Media Stick storage device.

Hope that spelled it out.

gerald philly pa usa
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From: Gene C. Falck <gfalck@merr.com>
To: LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 5:54 PM
Subject: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] What next?

Hi "G.LinuxDucks,"

You wrote:

> Being just were you are now a couple years ago, newbie novice, my first
> impressions were it seems extra extra technical compared with others. I
> found out how simple things are after learning some of the jargon, names
> of things.

LOL--not simple at first. I have been a Windows
user for quite some time; this stems to a time
when I had school courses in various business
programs and had to have "the genuine article"
to properly handle assignments in the expected
manner. Now I have the same problems at work.

As a windows user the sheer number of needed
and useful utilities is overwhelming. generally
I haven't even needed a download manager in
my Windows experience.

> Just two things I would mention are that you can download any distro you
> want and then you can either burn it to a DVD/CD disc or transfer it to
> a USB Drive (not media stick - drive, same price).

I, along with many others use the terms "drive"
and "stick" without necessarily meaning two
different things, although I see some mentions
that do sound like there is a distinction.

How do you intend that comment? I did try to
google it but the results weren't much help,
except to suggest the USB drive is the usual
"keychain" unit and the USB stick describes
the nearly square unit that stores images in
most digital cameras. Avoiding the "stick"
would make sense in that case, but the use
of "USB" with that item seems strange.

Using your pendrivelinux reference appears
to be a good option since a downloaded iso
must be burned to an optical disk (or must
be mounted on a USB device).

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Regards,

Gene Falck
gfalck@merr.com