Superb information! Thanks a whole bunch.
Now for a tough question, if you are able ...
There is a multi-boot from USB or SD utility named YUMI. I use it to multi-boot several live Linux distros on my current PC. Do you know if I could use this on the Pi? Assuming you don’t know, are you willing to do a quick, one pass, test to see if you are able to manage that? I found it quite simple to set up and use YUMI.
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/
I think I am going to be getting into this Pi technology very soon regardless, given this current article, especially given your answer to me here.
Again, regardless of your answer to this post, Thanks Very Much!
I am familiar with YUMI, and I don’t see any reason why it wouldn’t work on a Pi. I’ve booted into NOOBS, which is the shipped OS for most Pis, on an SD and done a live boot to Ubuntu on a USB drive without a single issue. The problem with the Pi is that there’s not a ton of local RAM to use, so you’re forced to local cache on the removable media. It doesn’t slow anything down, it’s just a consideration if paging is an issue in your OS.
Food for thought...