I am shocked by this - the quote in below is very concerning:

“However, in 2024, the situation changed: balenaEtcher started sharing the file name of the image and the model of the USB stick with the Balena company and possibly with third parties.”

Can’t see myself using this software anymore…

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    133 months ago

    what is a good one to use, is there something like rufus on linux

    • yeehaw
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      13 months ago

      Can always use dd but I always go stupid when I need to set boot flags and all that crap, which is so much easier with etcher. I think I’ve done dd with gparted in the past.

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        23 months ago

        does gparted set the correct flags too, can it also do windows

        i just want a dumb ui i can dumbly drag the iso file to and it takes care of everything for me.