Removable Storage For GNU/Linux

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Ubuntu USB Flash Drive Installation Media w/ Installation Support (TPE-UBUFLSDV)

Ubuntu is a commercially developed Debian-derived flavor of GNU/Linux put out by Canonical. Today it is primarily targeted at users looking for a distribution aimed at servers where a long term commitment to security updates is essential. With an Ubuntu pro subscription on a long term support release of Ubuntu it is possible to get critical security updates for up to 10 years. With an Ubuntu pro subscription (a subscription for the first five devices is free) it's possible to get critical security updates for near all packages in Ubuntu and not just those in the default installation or software installed from the main repository. For those wanting to run Ubuntu on the desktop there is also a short term release of Ubuntu put out every six months.

  • Includes the Ubuntu Software Center and apt for quickly and easily installing applications

  • Ubuntu remains a leading commercial GNU/Linux distribution in the server space

  • Installation support is available for 6 months from the date of purchase: Have questions? Just ask

  • Ships on a high quality USB flash drive with GPG authentication of the images and data integrity of the flash drive verified

  • Security conscious customers are also encouraged to run through our online instructions for authenticating the USB flash drive contains what we shipped and Ubuntu developers intended, in other words, that the flash drive has not been intercepted by a significant adversary and modified to include a backdoor or other malicious software

  • Prefer a DVD? Just let us know in the comment section at checkout

* Please note that while GNU/Linux has support for a lot of hardware not all hardware is created equal and the user experience may suffer on systems that aren't fully supported or designed for GNU/Linux. If you need advice on the best hardware to get feel free to contact our support team.

Trisquel USB Flash Drive Installation Media w/ Installation Support (TPE-TRIFLSDV)
Trisquel is a free software community built, easy-to-use, Ubuntu-derived distribution that aims to remove problematic non-free components that wreck havoc on a users freedom and control of their own PC. The distribution focuses on usability and is committed to long term support.


* Please note that while GNU/Linux has support for a lot of hardware not all hardware is created equal and the user experience may suffer on systems that aren't fully supported or designed for GNU/Linux. If you need advice on the best hardware to get feel free to contact our support team.

Are you in the market for a high quality fast USB flash drive that you can rely on? Look no further. Our flash drives utilize high quality flash chips and come properly formatted for your particular GNU/Linux use case. Starting off with a standards compliant USB flash drive we format the drive so you can utilize it for data backup, transferring files, or simply as a bootable medium for the latest release of your favorite distribution.

Users can expect to see speeds that are as much as 7x faster than lower quality USB flash drives. Need something faster? See an up close comparison and real-world benchmarks of the different USB storage options in our catalog.

If you've never formatted a USB drive before and want to learn how check out this great little tutorial.
  • Optionally formatted with ext4 and set with the right ACL bits to ensure maximum functionality and use between GNU/Linux systems without having to deal with user permission issues

  • Optionally formatted with fat32 so there is no need to install special drivers on any operating systems

  • Optionally formatted with NTFS for optimal compatibility on larger drives between GNU/Linux and Microsoft Windows systems
When you select the ext4 w/ acl option under file systems our drives work great for performing offline backups of your data: Check out this video tutorial on how to securely perform a backup up & restore of your entire home folder using Déjà Dup even between different distributions and releases (included with many popular distributions). Check out our extensive documentation & easy to follow video tutorials: Haven't formatted a disk before? Want to learn how? Check out a video demonstration on managing removable disks with GNOME disks. Learn to format, properly utilize, dismount, backup, and repair damaged disks using a graphical desktop application that ships with many major desktop distributions by default.

Please note this item is only available for shipping within the United States or with the purchased of a computer if shipping overseas.

Category Specification
Stating Capacity 64GB
Warranty 5-year limited warranty
Speed Reads up to 400 MB/s for 512GB models
Reads up to 300 MB/s for 256/128GB models
Reads up to 200 MB/s for 64GB models
Writes up to 300 MB/s for 512GB model
Writes up to 100 MB/s for 256GB model
Writes up to 50 MB/s for 128GB model
Writes up to 25 MB/s for 64GB models
Supported Systems Linux / Linux-libre 2.6+ (all recent distributions supported)
Compatible Systems (depending on filesystem) Microsoft Windows XP / Vista / 2000 (sp4), Mac OS X v.10.3.x and above