Is there any image burner and USB thumb formatter you would recommend me? obviously libre and for Linux. I’ve tried a couple from my distro’s store but they don’t work on my thumb or they are broken or outdated.

      • k_o_t
        7·
        4 years ago

        it’s commonly used utility

        burning an os image to a usb is as simple as sudo dd if=/path/to/input.iso of=/dev/? status=progress

        where /path/to/input.iso is a full path to the location of the os image, and /dev/? is the usb device you’re writing to (you can find it using the lsblk command, and status=progress is to just see the progress bar

        be careful tho, if you enter a wrong drive in the destination, you can erase your os or whatever there is, which is why the utility is sometimes called disk destroyer :)

        • ghost_laptopOP
          22·
          4 years ago

          0h, okay, i forgot t0 say that i would prefer something with a gui since im pretty much a noob using the cli, can i format a usb to use it back a normal one with that, too? cos i have a really big one which hasnt been used for some time because of that

          • k_o_t
            6·
            4 years ago

            yes, you can format it using dd, but you’d have to manually partition it and install the file system etc

            may i then recommend balena etcher for burning os images, it has a nice gui, worked perfectly every time i used it

            and for formatting maybe gparted

            both are very popular, and should be in the official repos of your os :)

    • AgreeableLandscape
      1·
      4 years ago

      Rufus and Unetbootin

      I’ve used both, both are great! Though ever since I switched to Linux I mostly use dd for install disks.

    • TheImpressiveX
      2·
      4 years ago

      I second this. With Ventoy, you just copy over the ISO files, meaning you don’t waste the flash drive’s precious write cycles, and this makes it easier to create multiboot USBs (which is what sold me on it). And they support BIOS and UEFI.