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Is 8GB mini thumb drive sufficient for Ubuntu Desktop?

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Mar 15, 20262903 views
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I have a dell laptop and have virtual machines, but I do not want to use virtual machine due to the speed concerns. I am thinking of buying a 8GB mini/micro usb stick (smaller than normal usb stick) and install ubuntu on it. I will be using Ubuntu 32/64 bit instances based on your recommendation. I…

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My install of Ubuntu + codecs + KDE + unity + git + MonoDevelop + PyQT + ruby + rails takes about 4gigs, so you should be fine.

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