Just picked up a 128GB USB A/C stick that can go on my keyring. What are some things I should put on it to have access to at all times?

I already have self hosted services accessible over my VPN, so this would be for when I can’t access that.

I’m thinking at least Ventoy and some common ISOs, then I’m not sure what else.

  • Cyv_@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    7 个月前

    Yeah main thing is Ventoy and images for windows 10 and 11. I also have some basic tools, and some portable versions of some games I like (OoT, Warcraft 3, etc).

  • jol@discuss.tchncs.de
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    7 个月前

    I haven’t carried a USB stick in years, so not sure what I would do. Maybe a copy of my recipe book if I ever digitize it?

    • pezmaker @sh.itjust.works
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      7 个月前

      If you ever do digitize it, or even going forward for other recipes you use, I recommend checking out the recipe app Paprika 3. I’ve been using it for years now and love it. It even bypasses pay walls on recipe sites like NYT cooking when downloading. Enter the url in the browser section, and hit download regardless of the paywalls I’ve encountered so far. I put cocktail recipes in there too.

  • 1ostA5tro6yne@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    7 个月前

    right now mine has manjaro+cinnamon. i booted my wife’s Win11 laptop to it so she could test drive it and within ten minutes she was asking how to get to the installer. i hope to repeat this process with others as well.

  • JackbyDev@programming.devEnglish
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    7 个月前

    I’ve got a USB stick on my keys but I don’t remember what’s on it because I’ve never used it lmao.

    • Grimpen@lemmy.ca
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      7 个月前

      I’ve got a 15 year old SD/USB combo card on my keychain. I plugged it into a TV around 6-7 years ago because there were a couple of kids movies on there.

      I also know I have some Portable apps on there, but probably a little out of date

    • rudyharrelson@lemmy.radio
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      7 个月前

      lol, I feel you there. I got a ruggedized, waterproof USB stick about 6 years ago to keep on my keychain and I’ve used it maybe three times ever. Though I’ve also been working from home for the last 4+ years so, y’know, less opportunities to use it in general.

      Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it, though.

  • Fonzie!@ttrpg.network
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    7 个月前

    64 GiB, two partitions, one with my files including Keepass database, the other with Ventoy with ISOs for Linux Mint 21.3 Cinnamon, Debian 13.5 KDE, NixOS Gnome, Win 10 and bazzite

  • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
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    7 个月前

    Just sticking a USB stick into a bunch of different ports, is going to get you an STI eventually.

    How do you make the stick read only? To prevent picking up malware along your journey?

  • ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social
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    7 个月前

    Pretty boring. School textbooks and portableapps with a few of my essentials - Firefox, vim, GIMP, and some others I’m forgetting right now.

  • asudox@lemmy.world
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    7 个月前

    Some useful files I might need someday (of course encrypted), bootable linux rescue distro and of course tailsos just in case.

  • GustavoM@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 个月前

    Eh…

    Ventoy (on a comically small external hd – 8 GiB) and retrogaming/backup-related files on a 1 TB one.

  • Rossphorus@lemm.ee
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    7 个月前

    I have three partitions: First one is Ventoy with a couple of distros per architecture. Partition two is a standard exfat partition for files. Partition three is a small fat16 partition, since there’s always that one device someone has (oscilloscope, 3D printer, UEFI/BIOS, etc.) that only supports very simple file systems. I’ve had to use the fat16 partition more than a couple of times and I don’t even work with legacy hardware.

    • null@slrpnk.net
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      7 个月前

      How have I never thought of partitioning one large USB drive for multiple purposes…