![]() ![]() The total size is a bit bigger since there are other files like the manpage and icons in the Debian package, but the total is still under 300KB. ![]() rwxr - xr - x 1 jaufranc jaufranc 249K Jun 21 20 : 47 / usr / bin / usbimager It looks great, so I’ve tried the latest version on Ubuntu 20.04: You’ll find the source code, and binary image for Windows, Linux, Mac OS, and Raspberry Pi on Gitlab. The table below compares USBImager to balenaEtcher and Win32DIskImager program. USBImager is open source (MIT license), takes around 256KB of storage space, support verification, compressed files (gz, bz2, xz, zip), etc…. But commenters pointed out there are now better tools including USBImager, a lightweight cross-platform tool with many of the same features as balenaEtcher. However, the binary is rather large at around 130 MB, and the company started to show sponsors to fund the development of the program, and this was not to the liking of everyone.ĭuring my review of CrowPi2 Raspberry Pi 4 laptop, I encountered an issue with balenaEtcher, which was quickly fixed once I updated the program to the latest version. It’s easy to use and does verification after flashing. So Etcher, now called balenaEtcher, became a popular cross-operating systems tool to flash images for Raspberry Pi and other SBCs. But you could potentially damage your system with a wrong command, it will not do verification after writing the firmware image, and it was not available in Windows, so people had to use Win32DiskImager, and last time I check it did not do verification either. Rufus is an application known by many users who need to create bootable flash drives for their chores.The common way to flash OS images to SD cards used to be “dd”. It is very easy to use and is designed to boot up USB devices quickly. Rufus can also be used to easily format your hard disks with just a few clicks, which will completely wipe your drive clean. Also, it is very fast in performance and consumes a lot less time in its operations as compared to its alternatives in the market. YUMI, which is an abbreviation for Your Universal Multiboot Integrator, is yet another Etcher alternative that is widely used by users from all around the world. The most important feature of this software is that it permits the storing of multiple Linux OS or other applications at a time that can be chosen from at a later stage (via boot menu). YUMI Multiboot USB Creator provides a lot of conveniences that help in the creation of an all-in-one multipurpose USB PC Diagnostic Tool and a repairing solution. YUMI Multiboot is completely free to use and you can download it from here WinSetupFromUSBĪnother alternative to balenaEtcher is WinSetupFromUSB which is completely free of cost. Just like YUMI, this application is also used to create a bootable flash drive quickly with ease. WinSetupFromUSB is sometimes used by its users to prepare Linux distributions such as CentOS and Fedora. Apart from this, it can also be used to create a multi-OS boot flash drive. What this means is that it can support multiple sets of Windows operating systems files such as XP, 7, 8, 10, and Windows Vista.ĭownload WinSetupDFromUSB from here. LinuxLive is open-source software that is available for Windows. It is also known as LiLi (short form for LinuxLive) and is designed for beginners as well as experts. For beginners, LiLi lets them have a taste of Linux while keeping Windows clean and away from the field of modifications. While for those of you who are already experienced with the Linux interface, LiLi will let you test almost any Linux distributions directly from the Windows operating system. ![]()
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