PRESS RELEASE
Contact:
Jerry Thomson
Active Media Products
Kerry Green Zobor, WWF
202-495-4509
[email protected]
Active Media Products Introduces
Penguin Bootable Linux USB Drive
Silicone Rubber Penguin USB Drive
Boots into Linux on any PC
and Benefits World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Fremont, California, July 28, 2009 -
Active Media Products (AMP), manufacturer of SSDs and WWF series USB
drives, today announced immediate availability of a bootable Linux
USB (BLU) drive that is compatible with Windows® 7 and benefits
WWF. These new penguin BLU drives are preloaded with the full installation
of Ubuntu Linux 9.0.4.
BLU drives allow booting into Ubuntu
Linux from the USB drive regardless of what operating system is installed
on the hard drive. Because the hard drive will still be fully accessible
when booting from the BLU drive, it's an excellent disaster recovery
solution in the event of problems with the operating system on the
primary hard drive, because important data files on the hard drive
can be backed up onto the BLU drive or another USB storage device.
This BLU drive is designed in the likeness
of an emperor penguin with exacting detail, and is made of non-toxic
silicone rubber. This drive is completely free of PVC, lead and mercury.
Every purchase of a penguin drive benefits World Wildlife Fund. Under
its licensing agreement with WWF AMP develops and sells a series of
portable USB flash drives in the likeness of endangered species, which
now includes penguin, panda and polar bear drives, and contributes
five percent of the retail price of this product line to WWF.
WWF Penguin BLU drives are offered in up to 16GB capacities.
Ubuntu is a community developed, Linux-based operating system that
is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. The Ubuntu operating
system occupies about 700MB of the drive, so there is still plenty
of usable storage space for carrying photos, music and other data.
Part
Number |
Description |
Retail
Price |
R1G-PENGUIN-WL |
1GB WWF Penguin BLU Drive |
$12.95 |
R2G-PENGUIN-WL |
2GB WWF Penguin BLU Drive |
$15.95 |
R4G-PENGUIN-WL |
4GB WWF Penguin BLU Drive |
$22.95 |
R8G-PENGUIN-WL |
8GB WWF Penguin BLU Drive |
$28.95 |
R16G-PENGUIN-WL |
16GB WWF Penguin
BLU Drive |
$43.95 |
"These bootable Linux USB drives are handy for
users who need flexibility in an O/S, and will be an invaluable tool
for disaster recovery and system maintenance." WWF penguin BLU
drives are available today through Amazon
and AVC
Distributor.
About Active Media
Products
Based in the heart of Silicon Valley, Active Media Products LLC is
dedicated to developing creative new media products that improve performance
and enhance the user’s experience. Our products include the
Obama USB drives and the World Wildlife Fund series of endangered
species USB drives and a range of solid state drives.
About World Wildlife
Fund
WWF is the world’s leading conservation organization, working
in 100 countries for nearly half a century. With the support of almost
5 million members worldwide, WWF is dedicated to delivering science-based
solutions to preserve the diversity and abundance of life on Earth,
halt the degradation of the environment and combat climate change.
Visit www.worldwildlife.org
to learn more.
Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft
Corp. WWF is a registered trademark of World Wildlife Fund. Ubuntu
is a registered trademark of Canonical Ltd. Usable storage may be
less than specified after formatting.
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