Is it possible to work normally on a unix system that boots from an SD card?

Question

*nix-like systems

There is a laptop, putting a second system on the hard drive is not an option.
Will it be possible to work normally in a * unix system if you make an SD card (32GB, for example) bootable?
Has anyone had such an experience?
Or will it slow down?

Answer 1

Yes, why not. As with live-usb,
the main thing is that the BIOS can boot from the card reader, well, take SDHC faster

Answer 2

It will slow down.
As already written, downloading is not guaranteed to be supported (needs to be checked first before plans are made).
It can be killed quickly (in any case, it depends on the quality of workmanship and the intensity of I / O operations).
There are external SSDs, this is a better option.

Answer 3

Installing packages will take an awfully long time. Recommend usb 3