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  • gurty@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    In 2nd place, I’d put balenaEtcher.

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    • jlow@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      cybernews.com/…/tails-raises-privacy-concerns-ove…

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      • dditty@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        God damn, they harvest IP records, which iso image of tails, AND the make/model of the USB drive‽

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      • HuePony@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        If only Rufus would work on Linux

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      • gurty@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Bloody hell! I had no idea.

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  • 58008@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Ventoy > Rufus

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    • sudoer777@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Is there an alternative yet that doesn’t have weird binary blobs that nobody can verify?

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      • rbos@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        This is new to me, I can’t find a reference. Can you share?

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      • derbolle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        to create bootable sticks: fedora media writer. works on windows with every linux image

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    • TeddE@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I’ve had hit and miss with Ventoy. I love it and it’s my goto, but I have a handful of ISOs that it’s effectively just storage for - then I use Balena Etcher, Rufus, Raspberry Pi Imager, or sometimes classic dd to burn it to a smaller USB - but if I had to pick one tool, I’d recommend Raspberry Pi, Rufus, or Balena Etcher to a new user just trying to get the job done.

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      • frozenpopsicle@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        EtchDroid, available from F-Droid, allows you to make bootable usbs from your phone.

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    • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Medicat > just Ventoy also, Medicat fuuuuucks

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      • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        From a quick glance, Medicat is more of a specialized toolkit using Ventoy, no? And their homepage is… weird.

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    • ragepaw@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I thought Ventoy was stupid and pointless until I actually tried it. Holy shit. Past me is an idiot. What a great tool.

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    • Zomg@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      How does this compare to E2B? Sounds interesting

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    • vivalapivo@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Being Physically Healthy > Being Mentally Healthy

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      • crypt0cler1c@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        This doesn’t make sense at all. Generally they go hand in hand.

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  • ceenote@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    They must have liked the joke so much they made it even more important for Windows 11.

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  • serpineslair@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Shhh! They might stop people installing it! 😱

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    • PostProcess@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Thankfully it comes as a complete portable. Really great app.

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      • brian@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        careful, they might pull an android and somehow try and stop “sideloading” in windows

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  • pHr34kY@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Defenestration utilities are essential.

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  • ApertureUA@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Says a Facebook user.

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  • IHawkMike@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    If you need an app to format a drive and copy some files, maybe you should stick with Windows.

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    • 0ops@piefed.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Pfft, executing write instructions is for normies. I flip bits myself with nothing but a small magnet and my sense of pride

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    • restingOface@quokk.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Sure, you could technically just do that manually. But using a purpose-built app designed for that task is just so much less work. Even a veteran Linux user is likely to use an app like dd instead of creating a boot disk manually.

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      • KoboldCoterie@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        An even better option is Ventoy - You just drop the raw .isos onto the drive and it gives you all of them as options in a bootloader. Can put all of your distros on one drive (and even windows isos if you really need to for some reason).

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    • conartistpanda@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      You for real?

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      • IHawkMike@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        100%

        It’s literally drag and drop after initializing MBR, format FAT, set active. Rufus is pointless.

        Lemmy is sure showing its usual technical incompetency while pretending they are superior because they can install Linux. In a shitpost thread no less.

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    • Holyginz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Whoosh

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  • LuminousLuddite@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Rufus is for when your thumbdrive is so messed up that Unetbootin is like “nah I’ll pass”.

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  • TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    One thing holding me back from moving to Linux is Directory Opus. It’s not on Linux but it’s the best file browser I’ve ever seen, and I can’t live without.

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    • Zink@programming.dev ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Have you tried Double Commander or Superfile?

      I get the inertia against switching when you have a setup you like, but the idea of going the other direction – if I could get the best file manager in the universe but I have to switch to Windows to use it – I just cannot imagine anything that would make it worth it.

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      • TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        if I could get the best file manager in the universe but I have to switch to Windows to use it – I just cannot imagine anything that would make it worth it.

        Yeah same, but I’ve used directory opus for the over 20 years now. It’s a file browser, so an every day use application, or well, maybe the word living space is a better word.

        Next to that, I’m autistic and I struggle with change. I’m struggling with it so much, I’m still using windows even though Microsoft is working hard to make their OS more resentful every day.

        I’m not autistic enough to wanting to stay with windows, I am autistic enough to have issues parting ways with a solid, comfortable and properly working system like directory opus. I also begged them to make a Linux version but their response was that the market wasn’t big enough for that. But hopefully Microsoft will change that soon, as more and more people are switching because of them.

        So I will get there, don’t worry. I know there are Linux alternatives, but I’m just struggling with parting ways with something that has been in my system for more than half of my life.

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    • HugeNerd@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Directory Opus

      Like on the Amiga?

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    • restingOface@quokk.au ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      What feature from Directory Opus is unavailable in Linux? I assume you can find a plugin or something to make Dolphin (the default file explorer for KDE Plasma, but you should be able to install it pretty much anywhere) do just about anything you need.

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      • TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I love the folder tree with dual folder content screens with tabs. It also works flawlessly with ftp and network drives. It’s own copy/move-paste system is also great. I love how you’re able to change loads of settings, including all colors.

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  • Arachnidbrilliant@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
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    • vivalapivo@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Windows is not the only way to go insane

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    • ddplf@szmer.info ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      windoes 11 mafia 😎😎😎😎

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