unconventional, unimplimented/untested approaches: a) Unicorn godvia on usb stick, os shouldn't matter. b) putnon-modern windows version with unicorn running in browser https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/4-classic-operating-systems-can-access-browser/ c) on usb stick, vm image with instance of windows with unicorn install launch the vm image off of usb stick! d) $$$: script to conect to run the windows with unicorn vm image in cloud avoids the drive issue! e) $$$: ssh to/remote boot off of compute PC...
Unicorn would be a nice fit for the pattern sapce search / natural language processing aspect of recommender systems. example references: "Recommender Systems Handbook" : https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-0-387-85820-3 ) one type of recommender system: https://docear.org/