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Your Windows PC can run any Linux distro from a USB stick, and it's the best way to pick one

There's a cure to Linux distro hopping, but everyone keeps forgetting about it ...
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Running linux from an external drive using firewire (or usb)

I have an external hard drive onto which I would like to install linux. I also have a laptop with a broken ide controller which has no hard drive. I would like to boot from a floppy disk or cdrom, and ...