What is a portable Linux operating system? This is an operating system installed on a USB SSD (hard drive) that uses the computer's power after booting.
This operating system works exactly as it would be installed on the computer.
It works like a dual boot (e.g., Windows + Linux), but it's an external dual boot. This dual boot method is therefore not affected by a Windows (or UEFI boot manager) update/upgrade.
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