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LinuxLive USB Creator

Free and open-source software for Windows to create portable, bootable and virtualized USB

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LinuxLive USB Creator (LiLi) is a free and open-source Windows application for creating portable, bootable and virtualized USB sticks that run Linux. It lets users try Linux distributions directly from Windows without modifying the system or rebooting, and can also install distributions from a USB flash drive in place of CDs.

The tool supports hundreds of Linux distributions and includes persistence on selected distributions, SmartClean and SmartDownload features, automatic integrity checks, and a multilingual interface. It is released under the GPL v3 license, with source code publicly available.

LiLi is intended for both beginners trying Linux for the first time and experienced users testing distributions from Windows. The project is no longer maintained.

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