[Cialug] Linux on locked machines

[jrnosee]

Thanks for everyone's input.  I think I'll see if it will let me boot USB
as I really don't want to touch the system any more than necessary.  If I
can get it to work I've got an internal SD card reader as well...I might
try to do some I/O tests and see if a fast SD card would be about the same
or any better than USB and if I can boot that.

Lastly, does anyone know if there's a "newer" Ubuntu distro that comes
pre-packed with GNOME still?  From what I've used of it I friggen' hate
Unity.  Or am I missing something in Unity...I can't find any type of
"programs" menu that has all my programs listed.  Just the search box
feature.