[wplug] Boot your PC into Linux directly from your phone

[George Larson]

On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 9:20 AM, <Justin at js-wordsmith.com> wrote:

>
> Wouldn't it be great if you could take Linux with you everywhere you go?
> Sure, you could buy a USB drive, but it's one more thing to carry, and
> you've got to prepare it ahead of time. Oh, did you need another distro?
> Too bad for you unless you're near a computer that has burning software
> available.
> If you've got an Android device, you're in luck. Check out what I just
> found on Google+:
>
> http://www.xda-developers.com/android/boot-your-pc-directly-from-your-phone-with-drivedroid/
> It's an Android app that lets your device emulate a USB drive so you can
> boot directly from your phone. You don't have to prepare anything, either;
> it comes with a full catalog of ready-to-use Linux and BSD images that you
> can download on the fly and keep in storage for later use.
> This sure would make InstallFests more convenient, wouldn't it? And it will
> certainly come in handy the next time I need to fix a Windows installation.
>
> Justin Smith
> Electronic Communication Specialist
> http://www.js-wordsmith.com
>
>
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Great find; thanks for sharing!  Hoping to test on my HTC vivid this
weekend.