Recent content by derpypenguino

I'm tight on money right now so I can't afford an HDD or SSD. Am I okay to just use my 128 GB USB drive to save my files for now? Will I need to get an HDD or SSD soon to store my files in the long term?

As it turns out, my computer actually does have a 16GB SSD soldered to the motherboard, I just didn't realize. Thanks for helping me sort out my confusion haha.

I'm running Linux Mint Cinnamon 20.1 on a Lenovo Thinkpad T440. So I installed Linux Mint from a USB drive to my Thinkpad, but have removed all the USB drives and Linux Mint runs normally. How is this possible? Where is the computer accessing the information for the operating system? If I'm...

I just installed the latest version of Linux Mint Cinnamon onto a USB Drive. I plugged the USB into my other laptop and installed successfully, but I'm super confused. I have no HDD or SSD, but the OS runs without the USB plugged into the laptop. Where is the OS stored? How is this working? I...