Thumbdrive Uses

[gfish]

I just got a free 256MB thumbdrive from work. I doubt I'll use it for transferring files much, since that is why we invented networks a couple decades back, but it seems like it could useful for copies of utilities and data I'd like to guarantee I always have available. I just loaded it with putty, pscp, a collection of favorite etexts and my PDFs of the Machinery's Handbook. What else should I add?

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[mdlbear]

My secure document server (in Java -- open source version available soon), plus whatever documents I need to keep there. In particular, my file of website passwords.

The contents of my .ssh directory, in particular the public and (encrypted) private keys themselves, and the authorized_keys file.

I'll probably end up putting a small Linux distro on mine, for use in those uncivilized places that don't have Linux. It also turns out that they're really handy when you're going someplace with poor connectivity and don't feel like lugging a laptop.