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If you've gotten trade-show complementary flash drives hanging around that you aren't using, donate them. RecycleUSB.com is taking donated drives and has partnered with the Sugar-on-a-Stick project to give kids a way to have their own personal PC (minus the PC). Sugar is an open-source project for turning a USB stick into bootable self-contained operating system. The system is based around the Fedora LiveUSB distro of Linux and can be run on almost any x86 computer laying around that supports booting from USB. It doesn't even need to have a functioning hard drive. It's a great learning environment for children and entire classrooms can share a single machine without worrying about stepping all over each other. If you'd like to try Sugar for yourself you can download a copy and be up in running in no time. The program and source code are both available on their site. The minimum flash drive size you need to run Strawberry (codename for their latest release) is 1GB. Sugar and RecycleUSB.com are welcome site after all OLPC's internal strife. This may not be One Laptop Per Child but it makes donated hardware go a LOT farther in schools. If you are thinking about trying it for yourself you might want to look into one of the larger and faster flash drives for a better experience. This is an easy cause to help out with. Give 'til it Giga-Hertz. Here's the address. About Everything USB
USB technology is the de facto connectivity standard for PC peripherals & consumer electronics; it has evolved from USB 1.1 to USB 2.0, Wireless USB and USB 3.0. Everything USB takes an in-depth look at these products and other offbeat USB gadgets, and brings you information and reviews needed for you to make a purchase decision. Welcome and enjoy your stay. If you would like to contact us with a tip or comment, please write to: newstips@everythingusb.com
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Filed under Hardware
Thumbdrive Reviews
- Corsair Flash Voyager GT 128GB Flash Drive (2009)
- SanDisk Ultra Backup 32GB Flash Drive (2009)
- OCZ Slate USB SSD ExpressCard (2009)
- Kanguru e-Flash eSATA+USB 16GB Flash Drive (2009)
- Kingston Data Traveler 150 32GB USB Flash Drive (2008)
- Corsair Flash Voyager Mini Flash Drive (2008)
- Ironkey 1GB Secure Flash Drive (2007)
- OCZ ATV Turbo 4GB Flash Drive (2007)
- Corsair Flash Padlock 2GB Flash Drive (2007)
- SanDisk Cruzer Contour 4GB Flash Drive (2007)
- Corsair Flash Survivor GT 8GB Flash Drive (2007)
- Corsair Flash Voyager GT 4GB Flash Drive (2007)
- Kingston DataTraveler Secure 4GB Flash Drive (2006)
- SanDisk Cruzer Titanium 2GB Flash Drive (2006)
- Lexar JumpDrive Mercury 1GB Flash Drive (2006)
