my question may seem dumb. as a former windows user. i don't know much about Linux.my question is. i,m using peppermint Linux. i cant seem to figure out how to get usb to work. i tried using livelinux usb. download fine. but don't have knowledge to figure out how to use.

What exactly are you talking about? You want to boot the machine from USB, or are you trying to use some kind of USB device from within Linux?

use usb within linux.

OK, then in that case, what kind of USB device are you working with?

not sure if this is what your asking. 4GB USB Flash Drive

With newer kernels, USB is pretty much plug and play. With older ones, it was necessary to configure and mount devices manually.

I just looked at the Peppermint website. It appears to be a highly stripped down, highly specialized variant of Linux. Have you checked their docs about USB?

To be honest, you may want to try a different Linux distribution. There are plenty that are use friendly. A Linux distribution is like a different version of Linux. It's not so much how old or new it is like Windows XP and Windows 7, but more like different versions for different applications, like Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Home Edition and Windows 7 mobile. Perhaps you should try Ubuntu, openSUSE or Fedora.

Peppermint Linux looks to focus on cloud computing, which is probably not something you want.

Hope this helps.

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