how dumb is this idea?

[David Rysdam]

Richard Kolb II <richard.kolb at gmail.com> writes:
> I also picked up a 32gb usb drive, which I use to run linux on a laptop
> with a fried sata controller.  The issue I would see with sending your kids
> to school with an OS on a stick is that they might have been smart enough
> to disable booting off USB.

That's why I specified an emulator-based "live image" vs a bootable one.