Four Windows programs for creating bootable Linux USBs from ISOs
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Linux boot media need not be tricky! In today's episode, I'll talk about four ways to flash an ISO from Windows (and other systems too). I know a lot of you are switching to Linux because of Microsoft's recent... ideas? I'll call them "ideas". So, here we'll talk about the following ways to flash ISOs: - BalenaEtcher: https://etcher.balena.io/ - Raspberry Pi Imager: https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/ - Fedora Media Writer (you can just download this when you go to download Fedora, but here's the GitHub): https://github.com/FedoraQt/MediaWriter - Rufus: https://rufus.ie/ And I referenced the following four reasonably-beginner-friendly distros (in no particular order): - Linux Mint: https://linuxmint.com/ - Ubuntu: https://ubuntu.com - Fedora: https://fedoraproject.org/ - Pop!_OS: https://pop.system76.com/ And here's the ISO standard in case you're curious: https://ecma-international.org/publications-and-standards/standards/ecma-119/ Lastly, want to support my channel and help me get these videos out faster? Here's three ways! 👕 Buy my shirt: https://vkc.sh/product-tag/t568b-cheat-sheet/ 🎁 Patreon: https://patreon.com/VeronicaExplains 💵 Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/VeronicaExplains Chapters: 0:00 What even is an ISO? 3:35 What you need to get started flashing Linux 4:58 BalenaEtcher 7:55 Raspberry Pi Imager 11:39 Fedora Media Writer 13:59 Rufus 17:01 Conclusion- at least we have options? #Linux #homelab #computer
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