Sometimes, maybe for maintenance or data rescue reasons, you may want to have a USB thumbdrive with a GNU/Linux distribution installed. I’m not referring to writing a live ISO to a USB drive; I really mean having the distribution installed like it would be on an hard drive. An easy way to achieve this is using the virtualization software Qemu. Example: sudo qemu-system-x86_64 -boot d -cdrom void-live-x86_64-20171007.iso -hda /dev/sdb -m 800 In this example, the -hda /dev/sdb part tells Qemu that the device /dev/sdb (the USB drive) must be used as an hard drive....

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Russian weapons manufacturer Kalashnikov unveiled a line of electric and hybrid cars, buggies and motorcycles this week. One of those vehicles is a retro-styled concept car named CV-1, capable of running for 350 kilometers with a single charge and accelerating from 0 to 100 km/h in 6 seconds. And it doesn’t look that bad.

Is it just me or Disenchantment has a Game of Thrones vibe? Also, the show is really good; not Simpsons good, but really good.