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gurty@lemmy.world 2 months 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 2 months ago
cybernews.com/…/tails-raises-privacy-concerns-ove…
dditty@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
God damn, they harvest IP records, which iso image of tails, AND the make/model of the USB drive‽
Mountainaire@lemmy.world 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months ago
If only Rufus would work on Linux
mirshafie@europe.pub 2 months ago
Just use dd
eli@lemmy.world 2 months ago
But but…terminal scary 🥺
bhamlin@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Or pv
T4V0@lemmy.pt 2 months ago
Use Ventoy.
PixeIOrange@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I second this. Its so neat having an OS collection usb stick for distro hopping <3
Dojan@pawb.social 2 months ago
There’s ISO Image Writer for KDE, and GNOME Disks has this functionality bundled into it.
Mrb2@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Fedora writer also works fine for basic flashing
Mountainaire@lemmy.world 2 months 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 2 months ago
dd works for most Linux ISOs
gurty@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Bloody hell! I had no idea.