Running Linux from a USB drive is possible. You can boot just about any distribution you want from USB. There are some things you should consider before going this route. I've used Linux in just about ...

Yeah, all USB gamepads and controllers that I'm aware of follow the USB HID (human interface device) standard, and so should work with Linux. The only exception is the Microsoft XBox controller, which ...

So the BIOS (an HP one of course) doesn't just show drives on which it sees either an EFI partition or else an MBR? How should the controller show up in the Device Manager, or under Linux? I'm pretty ...