Windows XP
Windows 7
Windows 10
Ubuntu 12.04 (LTS which ever version that is XD)
Debian 7,8
Raspbian
Miner O.S
Debian 8 for orangepi
for windows i go with cgminer, linux i go with BFGminer simnply because it play more native with the com ports
dont see much diffrence between O.S's but the little device ones Raspbian, Miner O.S, Debian 8 for orangepi do have alot more isuse with the amount of devices you can connect and none have full power USB ports so its alot less stable
that said 9/10 i still fall back to windows 7 (xp is nice and light but kinda outdated) windows 7 is a nice balance and windows 10 is just fat (its designed to take advantage of newer PC's)
that said if i wanted to do a USB pendrive id go with Debian all the way and BFGminer, Windows does alot of read write to disks so kill a pendrive alot quicker than debian would (debian and linux in general tend to use ram disks as much as possible)
Can you send a link for more information about this miner os?