It’s a perfectly safe application which is also recommended by Ubuntu’s official website. We will be using Rufus which is a standalone. iso file on to the USB stick and make it bootable. iso file.Ī USB stick writing software or tool would be needed to write the Ubuntu. Take a backup of any data from the Flash drive as it will be erased for writing the. If you want to continue running Ubuntu from the USB flash drive, for a longer duration without installing it on your hard drive, then you should use an USB stick with higher capacity ( 8GB, recommended). You need a blank USB flash drive/stick with at least 4GB capacity. As of writing this tutorial Ubuntu 20.04.2.0 LTS is the latest version of Ubuntu for desktop PC’s. Download the latest version of Ubuntu with long term support.
