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PorteuX Linux is a portable Linux distro based on Slackware.
With plenty of options for app installation, it's far more flexible than others.
You can choose from several desktops when using PorteuX.
There have been several times over the past few months that I've thought, "Man, I wish I had Linux to run on this machine." Maybe I'm in someone's office where they're having networking issues, and the only machines available are Windows 11 -- which I do not like nor want to use.
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Or maybe I'm at a friend's house and want to show them what Linux looks like and what it can do.
When those situations arise, I'm always grateful to have a portable Linux distribution on a USB drive that I can boot from and use.
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