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Can I install and run Dropbox from a bootable USB with OS that loads into RAM?
I'd like to install and run Dropbox from a bootable usb for portabilit with and operating system that loads into ram for speed a here is a list of possibilities. Can dropbox run on any of these?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_distributions_that_run_from_RAM#Table
Unfortunatewlly I'm not familiar enoough with those dependencies and the available linux disdtributions satify them to decide what to do.
LANdpLAN, As seems, you haven't read carefully enough your Puppy Linux install guide - especially in partitions note. There can be seen some of the supported FSes by Puppy Linux... Wow 🙂 One of them coexists in supported by Dropbox list too - ext4. Just be more careful when setting up your system. 🙋 That's it.
I'm learning what these things are. Is Ubuntu and Fedora different operating systems or do I need Ubuntu and Fedora?
- Ubuntu 18.04 or later
- 64-bit systems only
- Fedora 28 or later
- Glibc 2.27 or later
- The latest Dropbox app for Linux
LANdpLAN wrote:... Is Ubuntu and Fedora different operating systems or do I need Ubuntu and Fedora? ...
Hi LANdpLAN,
Hm..🤔 Yes, for sure, interesting question! Are Windows 10 and Windows 11 different OSes or are Mac Sonoma and Mac Ventura different OSes? 🧐 Also, is OpenBSD different than FreeBSD? 🤷 Many other similar examples are possible.
I'll let you decide what's the correct answer for every one particular case. 🙂 For sure the person who wrote the help topic cited by you has to learn a lot like you do. Unfortunately, this is not the only such help topic in Dropbox documentation. Be careful and don't believe fully to everything - help is written by people - people make mistakes. Use your own intelligence in such cases to decide what is correct. 😉
Congratulations for the meaningful question that hits a pain of people responsible to Dropbox docs. 😁
