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gurty@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
In 2nd place, I’d put balenaEtcher.
cybernews.com/…/tails-raises-privacy-concerns-ove…
God damn, they harvest IP records, which iso image of tails, AND the make/model of the USB drive‽
Yeah, I always thought it was suspect because of the balenaCloud ad. Why do people even use this? Why did it get popular? Did paid balenaEtcher shills make it go viral or something?
I think it was just an aesthetically pleasing and simple program to flash things.
More people are drawn to the simple option.
If only Rufus would work on Linux
Just use dd
But but…terminal scary 🥺
Or pv
Use Ventoy.
I second this. Its so neat having an OS collection usb stick for distro hopping <3
There’s ISO Image Writer for KDE, and GNOME Disks has this functionality bundled into it.
Fedora writer also works fine for basic flashing
Rather, is there something wrong with KDE ISO Image Writer’s v1.0.0 Windows VERSION, even if it is 3 years old by now? apps.kde.org/isoimagewriter/
dd works for most Linux ISOs
Bloody hell! I had no idea.
jlow@slrpnk.net 4 weeks ago
cybernews.com/…/tails-raises-privacy-concerns-ove…
dditty@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
God damn, they harvest IP records, which iso image of tails, AND the make/model of the USB drive‽
Mountainaire@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Yeah, I always thought it was suspect because of the balenaCloud ad. Why do people even use this? Why did it get popular? Did paid balenaEtcher shills make it go viral or something?
mbp@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
I think it was just an aesthetically pleasing and simple program to flash things.
More people are drawn to the simple option.
HuePony@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
If only Rufus would work on Linux
mirshafie@europe.pub 4 weeks ago
Just use dd
eli@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
But but…terminal scary 🥺
bhamlin@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Or pv
T4V0@lemmy.pt 3 weeks ago
Use Ventoy.
PixeIOrange@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I second this. Its so neat having an OS collection usb stick for distro hopping <3
Dojan@pawb.social 4 weeks ago
There’s ISO Image Writer for KDE, and GNOME Disks has this functionality bundled into it.
Mrb2@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Fedora writer also works fine for basic flashing
Mountainaire@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Rather, is there something wrong with KDE ISO Image Writer’s v1.0.0 Windows VERSION, even if it is 3 years old by now? apps.kde.org/isoimagewriter/
MasterNerd@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
dd works for most Linux ISOs
gurty@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Bloody hell! I had no idea.