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Those free USB sticks in your drawer are somehow crappier than you thought (arstechnica.com)
submitted 8 months ago by const_void@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What, you expect the flash drives they hand out for free at trade shows to be decent quality?

They are intended to be used to distribute advertising materials, not be rewritten multiple times.

[–] NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

E-waste, I say no to these same as I say no to straws, or plastic forks for takeout.

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

A business card with a link to the content would be a lot less wasteful.

[–] the_ocs@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Yep, and everyone understands a QR code these days

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I actually bought an USB stick that repeatedly fails to boot any Linux Distro. Have to test that one.

[–] aleonem@lemmy.today 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Do other OSes work on it?

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Nothing afaik. Kinoite, NixOS and some more

[–] aleonem@lemmy.today 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Would Android work on it? It's related to Linux.

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 0 points 8 months ago

Android is not made for Desktops in a ton of ways. Most projects are at most on Android 11 so they are not usable.