I have a personal laptop running Windows 10 and I would like to use Linux(Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS) without installing it on my primary hard disk.
I recently bought an additional SSD drive and thinking of externally connecting it to my laptop via eSATA or through SATA to USB adapter. Ideally, I would like to install linux on this disk, so I can keep it clean and isolated. Then, I'd like to setup dual boot on my laptop.
Is this configuration possible? If so, could you please advise or direct me to a documentation page on how I can set this up?
Also, with this setup, will I be able to make Ubuntu portable, such that can I unplug the SSD when I'm carrying my laptop around and plug it back when needed?
If I plug in the SSD on another windows laptop, would it still work?
Or, should I drop this plan altogether and try to install and run Ubuntu from a USB flash drive instead?
My laptop has 2nd gen i3 processor with 4GB RAM and 128GB SSD. It runs Windows 10 smoothly.