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Those free USB sticks in your drawer are somehow crappier than you thought(arstechnica.com)

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cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de
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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.

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

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cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de
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A business card with a link to the content would be a lot less wasteful.

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the_ocs@lemmy.world
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Yep, and everyone understands a QR code these days

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

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aleonem@lemmy.today
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Do other OSes work on it?

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Pantherina@feddit.de
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Nothing afaik. Kinoite, NixOS and some more

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aleonem@lemmy.today
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Would Android work on it? It’s related to Linux.

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