Hello.
On my flash drive, I have a distribution of Linux called Elementary, and I would like to be able to run it on my MacBook Pro once in a while (I don't want to install it). Can anyone please help me with that? I currently have OS X El Capitan.
From my experience with macbooks and linuc of USB drives you can do the following.
shut down the macbook->insert the USB drive with linux->boot up while holding down alt (option) then you can select 3 start up disks OSX, Recovery, and USB or linux or elementary or whatever it is called. select that one and then you can choose the option run of USB or use without installing.
I used Ubuntu but it may work the same way as elementary however im not sure. Please let me know if it works! 🙂
See:
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-boot-a-linux-live-usb-stick-on-your-mac/
http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-a-Live-USB-to-boot-from-a-USB-drive/
Another option is to use the freeware virtualization program called VirtualBox. This will let you “install” the *nix as a guest OS. This method copies the OS to the hard drive into a big file called a disk image. The advantage of using virtualization is that you can run two (or more) operating systems at the same time. The one disadvantage is that it takes up drive space that a USB based live disk doesn’t. My experience is that VirtualBox is plenty fast enough for a good Linux experience and more convenient than rebooting each time you need to use it.
Great! Thank you everyone for your input! I'll have to try it when I have time.
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