Much appreciate the response, thank you. I had the exact fear that the usb will wiggle and drop and break all the important work. After posting the above comment, I realized that this laptop has an additional free nvme slot (facepalm :)) So, i am now looking at buying another nvme and boot linux from there. I will be grateful to hear your opinion there as well : 4TB NVMe SSD for Lenovo Legion Pro Recommendations?