hi dear community,
how are the experiences with using portable libreoffice on flash drive like usb pen?
are the standard sandisc usb 3.0 or up enough for some spreadshit use?
or need to look for a small simply spreadshit?
would possibly like also to open some impress presentation.
hope its possible.
happy to hear your experience!
thx!
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libreoffice on a usb device. your experiences / performance problems?
April 22, 2025 - 1:27pm
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libreoffice on a usb device. your experiences / performance problems?
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I used LibreOffice from pendrives for many years. I worked quite well, but things were generally a bit slower in those times, when ssd drives where not affordable and hdds where the speed standard.
Standard USB 3 pendrives have not improved too much in the meantime, but you have some alternatives today.
There is one simple rule: use the fastest drive you can get for the money you are willing to spend, especially for spreadsheet work (but only if you work with really big spreadsheets). With such a huge app as libreoffice what matters most is the random read/write speed for small file operations. When you see CrystalDiskMark screens its the RND4K Q32T1 and RND4K Q1T1 numbers that matter.
If you really want fast performance, you best use a SSD in pendrive formfactor or a small portable SSD. You can even build one with a small nvme enclosure. I have one that looks like a big USB pendrive, but it blocks any adjacend port.
Sandisk has some fast pendrives, look out for the usb 3.2 extreme pro drives. SSK makes fast SSDs in pendrive form, or small ones with cable connection. As a general rule, any notable manufacturer makes fast pendrives. But you get, what you pay for.
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One issue I forgot: installing and updating LibreOffice on a slow (and even on a mediocre) pendrive is a real pain because of the myriad of small files that have to be (re-)written each time. That is where a fast SSD really pays off...
i heard of sandisk or wd ssd, i think with a triangle loop for hang on, but not sure if this was getting hot by working or was it a pendrive of them. they seem lately be one company but split again if remember well.
i will have to find out before and try to get cheap if sure its not the buggy one getting hot.
i think they had nice user ratting but under the thousands of reviews not very less of heat issues, if remember well.
such ssd dont get lost or break so quick like a pendrive and seem also better resisting if fall or something.
but i would also look at the price and not blocking ports.
smartphone and tablats get now a nice label in the eu, i would put one on very few things, also test results of standard tests.
would be great to prevent producing and buying trash.
but we get slowly in the right direction.
thx for the first view.
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