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The problem for me is that there's nothing that properly replaces Rufus on Linux. That's the last reason I keep Windows.
This is a joke comment, right? I upvoted it because it has to be a joke.
Nope. I've tried to create bootable disks on Linux and, simply put, my computer does not boot from them. Rufus is 100% reliable.
Hop on board the ventoy train and become a distro hoarder
Rufus, the bootable usb creator?
You should be able to natively do what Rufus does in Linux, if you have a disk imaging software installed. I think Ubuntu comes with gnome-disks, you right click an ISO file, click open with, select disk image writer, and select the destination device (your USB drive) and it writes the ISO file to the USB device. You should double check it actually makes it bootable, but I think it does.
You can also use Ventoy to do what you want. You install it to the USB drive and then just drop the ISO files into a folder that you want to boot from, and it creates a menu for you to choose which ISO file to choose at boot time.
Ventoy, where the most reasonable installer is for Windows?
They have a Linux GUI, though admittedly I've never used it.
https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_linux_gui.html
So what I'm hearing is that Windows stays as a backup, because Linux can't do a job that's more common for a Linux user.
Explain more, I don't understand.
Trying to set up Ventoy on a flash drive through Linux looks like a hassle. Windows, I know what I have to do: download the installer and push the button. In Linux, it's obviously not that simple.
What are you talking about? There's a ventoy app for Linux too. Install it and run, nothing complicated about it.
Sorry, still not understanding your position, can you explain a bit more about your troubles and problems? Then many of us here can help you.
Fedora image writer. Thank me later.
Huh? In my (exclusively Mint Cinnamon) experience, it's a right click on the iso away to get a bootable usb (not that I would need that feature on a daily basis, but you do you)
Fedora image writer
Skill issue
I don't know your use cases. For me, if it can't be fixed with ventoy, I use the raspberry pi imager. Not the same options but I find that between both of those, I can handle everything I need
These 2 do it all. And iVentoy if you want to try pxe