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Porteus

Portable Linux operating system optimized to run from CD, USB flash drive, hard drive, or

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Porteus is a portable Linux distribution designed to run from USB flash drives, flash cards, CDs, DVDs, hard disks, or other bootable media. It can also be installed in compressed form to a hard disk (frugal install). It is available in 32-bit and 64-bit architectures with multiple desktop environments (KDE4, LXQT, MATE, Xfce, LXDE, Razor).

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