Tails no longer recommending balenaEtcher
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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
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I dunno... I just use dd.
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Friendship ended with Balena
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So tor is compromised?
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cat works perfectly fine too
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i think it depends on the image you get - for archlinux you can simply cat (or dd) the file onto a usb stick and it works perfectly fine, bootable. but i think i have seen an image at some point where it didn't work, but i don't recall what it was.
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Eh, I prefer being able to specify block sizes, to maximize the throughput.
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Why use a fancy GUI tool when good old
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Completely aside from the blob issue mentioned, the Tails team has recommended against using a multiboot utility like Ventoy to install Tails. Ventoy works fine for basically any other operating system (again, aside from the blob issue), just not Tails, which is what this post is about.
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WSL2 has relatively easy (a few powershell commands iirc) device mounting, provided you aren't trying to mount
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Rufus is great! I worked with the maintainer to fix a bug in hardware they didn't have and it was a very pleasant experience.
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It won't depend. I think it's because back in the day we never had an easy way to force boot a device, if a device wasn't flagged as bootable it wouldn't boot
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I used to use the fedora media writer but the RPi imager software is so easy I switched
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pvfor life. -
cat is the tool of distinguished gentlemen
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Thanks for trying.
I'm not against terminal, but I'd just have to look up commands every time that I rarely use.
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for Windows
