Tails no longer recommending balenaEtcher
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Thank you for pointing it out.
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Don't you need to mark usb disks as bootable if you want to boot from them to install Linux or whatever
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Thanks for the info, I'm on linux mint and after checking these out it isn't immediately apparent from their websites whether or how I could install them. Still think etcher occupies a niche that alternatives don't fill, its website directs you straight to installing it and using it is very easy.
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If anything that seems like worthwhile analytics for the dev team to have access to.
Most software lets you opt out of sending anonymous analytics data though.
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Truth. Etcher is garbage. Rufus is king.
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on mint you install them as packages.
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that's not something i've ever had to do, i've only done that for hard drives.
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Not used it since I discovered this nonsense. Shows how seriously they take security.
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They could just ask. "Please allow us to know what you flash and on what device so we can improve the software" yes, no, tell me more, show me the data
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Ventoy is life!
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Is no one aware of Fedora Media Writer? It's FOSS and the most trustworthy ISO burning software in existence. It's only issue is that its named as if it is written only for producing Fedora bootable media. It works for everything.
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It is a trap for people not knowing and government may use it as excuse to activate executive
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Then I would have no problem using the SW, transparency is important to me
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Or working on a case sensitive system
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A reason was given but no source was provided, and their response to the question was very slow. I don't trust it.
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Opensuse has one too. And dd exists for the brave or the foolish
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did they ever clear up that random unexplained binaries issue?
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Linux mint factory USB creator just right click and make bootable.
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The article at the end mentions they suggest dd as alternative for MacOS (due to Unix user space). It seems the balena -> rufus decision is about the easiest-onramp Mac+Win-portable option, for those uncomfortable dropping to low-level device-writing CLI tools in their current system.
Side-note: Last time I was on a friend's Windows I installed dd simply enough both as mingw-w64 (native compiled) and under Cygwin. So for Windows users who are comfortable using dd it only requires a minor step. When I once used WSL devices were accessible too, but that was WSL1 (containerized), whereas WSL2 (virtualized) probably makes device-mapping complex(?) enough to not be worth it there.
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Huh this is news to me. Wonder why dd has been the defacto standard in guides everywhere for the past 15-20+ years
