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Rufus
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Automatic USB detection
Rufus finds your USB drive automatically. This minimizes the risk that you will accidentally format your hard drive.
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Only runs on Windows
Although it can install all flavors of imaginable distros on a key, the software itself only has one official Windows version, effectively excluding Mac and Linux users.
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GPT/UEFI Support with NTFS UEFI Support
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Only can install 1 distro / USB
There is no way to install more than one distro on USB
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Simple but advanced
Has many options.
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Open source
https://github.com/pbatard/rufus
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Very fast
Rufus is one of the fastest utilities in the category to complete create a bootable USB. Twice as fast as UNetbootin, Universal USB Installer and Windows 7 USB download tool.
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Safe
Zero ways to screw up.
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Size
Rufus is small in size.
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Multi-language support
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License:
GNU GPLv3
Supported platforms:
chromebook os
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Etcher
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Cross platform
Supports Linux, Windows and Mac.
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Lacking in settings
Compared to its competitors, while trying to keep the software as user-friendly and clean as possible, it also lacks the ability to perform more advanced tweaking, available in something like Rufus.
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Polished GUI
The gui looks great and is easy to use.
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Sends data to balena by default
It is enabled by default, hidden in the settings and you have to turn it manually off.
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Open source
Free to use and modify. Apache license. Repository link.
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Large file size
Much larger file size in comparison to something like Rufus.
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Relatively fast
Flashes/burns images relatively fast.
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Extremely user friendly
By far, the most user friendly and straight-forward UI I've ever seen in an application like this
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License:
Apache-2.0
Supported platforms:
Windows, Linux, Mac
Supported architectures:
x86, x86-64, armv7, armv8
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UNetbootin
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Supports most common distros for download
Although you can override this setting by selecting any ISO file of your choice, UNetbootin offers a simple interface in which you can choose to automatically download almost any mainstream operating system. This can save users the hassle of browsing through web pages in search of a download.
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There's a chance it will destroy your USB
Not only is the performance of the software subpar, there is a high likelihood that it will corrupt your USB in the process.
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Cross-platform
The fact that UNetbootin is cross platform means it can be used on any computer one has lying around, to create a bootable USB stick from a proper ISO file. It also makes it more viable as a tool since it can be recommended to anyone without having to worry about what operating system they are running.
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Uninstaller Not Supported
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Automatically detects USB flash drives
UNetbootin automatically detects all the USB drives in the computer, this helps the interface be much more fluid, and protects inexperienced users from accidentally corrupting their hard drive.
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Have issues on autorun.inf when install more than one distributions
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Might not work sometimes
For example UNetbootin has some troubles with the Hiren's Boot CD ISO file.
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Fedora Media Writer
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Helps discover Fedora Spins and Fedora Labs images
Makes it easy to obtain niche software packages, such as Sugar On A Stick (SOAS), and Fedora Design Suite.
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Heavily Fedora-centric
Aside from you providing and using a custom image, the only other options present are for Fedora distributions. You won't find RedHat Enterprise Linux, or CentOS, or even Fedora Silverblue. Nor will you find any outside of the RedHat family, like Arch, Debian, or Ubuntu.
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Supports ARM v7 and AArch64 images of Fedora
Makes it easy for using Fedora Workstation or Fedora Server with Raspberry Pi or other hobby SOC boards.
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Uses dd, prevents nuking system disks.
While it uses dd as a backend, it only shows SD cards and USB devices. This helps prevent accidentally nuking system disks.
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Open Source
Licensed under the GNU General Public License v2
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Cross Platform
Binaries for Windows, macOS, and Flatpak are available. A traditional RPM package is also available in the Fedora repositories.
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Not limited to Fedora - Any ISO can be writen to a usb.
If you have an IMG or ISO, it can be writen to a disk. You are not forced to use any of the Fedora options.
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Automatic Live Disk Detection
Can automatically detect disks which already are formatted with live system images, and prompts you to see if you would like to restore it to factory default settings.
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License:
GNU GPLv2
Supported platforms:
Windows, macOS, Linux
Packaging formats:
Flatpak, deb, rpm
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Linux Live USB Creator
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Simple, well Designed UI
Has a very intuitive UI for those who haven't used Live usb creators.
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Only for Windows
Not cross platform.
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Download Linux
Download Linux variations from a list if they are not currently downloaded and even has a build in DL manager that doesn't require opening a browser.
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Primarily centered upon Linux
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Universally supported OS ISOs
Although it only runs on Windows the program supports several operating systems for building a live drive.
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Easy2Boot
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Includes Ventoy
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Not Open Source
Author amalgamates his content with the content of others. It's not Open Source and may well have closed source and copyright restricted content.
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Direct UEFI-booting from ISOs, WIM files, Win Install ISOs, VHDs, .imgPTN files
Secure Boot works for most payloads.
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Supports multiple Secure Boot UEFI by 'switching-in' different image files
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Easy2Boot is a multiboot USB drive
Rufus and Etcher are single-boot.
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Can Secure UEFI64-boot and run non-secure ISOs/payloads
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Over 1 million downloads
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Highly customizable boot menus
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Deepin Boot Maker
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Doesn't always work
Won't work on all ISO images.
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Can turn a bad pen drive to a bootable Linux drive
If your pen drive doesn't work anymore, you use this program to turn it into a bootable Linux drive.
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Beautiful UI
Deepin Boot Maker has a very beautiful UI
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Cross-platform
Deepin Boot Maker works on Windows, Mac and Linux
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Supported platforms:
Linux
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HandBrake
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Great, easy to use presets
There are presets for everything, so you don't have to delve deep in to advanced features if you don't want or need to. And in most cases you won't have to because the presets are great.
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Supports only two containers
You can output only .mp4 and .mkv.
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Advanced features
Although HandBrake is pretty straightforward to use, you can adjust pretty much any aspect of your conversion if necessary. For example, when transcoding video you have the option of adjusting between constant and variable framerate, adjusting average bitrate and constant quality, having 2-pass encoding or not, as well as tinkering with encoder specific options, and many, many, many more options.
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There is no way to preserve menus and special features
Menus and special features will typically not be included in the output from a handbrake encode. Third party software would need to be used.
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Fast
Since version 0.9.9. HandBrake has been very fast.
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no linux support for hw acceleration
I know that it is not as high quality, but transcoding terabytes of 1080p videos to h265 without hw support isn't realistic and wont be for a long time
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Wide range of formats and multiple media types supported
HandBrake can handle DVDs, Blu-Rays, .mp4, .mkv, H.264(x264), MPEG-4, MPEG-2, AAC, MP3, FLAC, AC3, Vorbis, AC-3, DTS and DTS-HD among others.
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Not for 1:1 archiving or true backup use
Most uses of Handbrake are lossy, lossless is possible but it usually entails crazy huge file sizes.
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Often works when dumping archiving disc to hard drive methods do not
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Free and open source
HandBrake is licensed under GPL.
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Cross-platform
HandBrake works on Windows, Linux and OS X.
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Lightweight
It is designed to convert, no added bloat.
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Good metadata support
HandBrake can pull, use and edit metadata.
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Command Line Interface option
There's HandBrakeCLI if you wish to use HandBrake frome a terminal.
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Encoding options are comprehensive but easy to use up front
The GUI makes it easy to encode by providing profiles and a simple GUI, but offers extensive encoding options for people willing to learn and spend time experimenting.
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Wundershare Video Converter Ultimate
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No pass thru options when converting. No lossless options for audio for video conversions
There is no "pass thru" option when doing conversions, also there is no lossless option for audio when working in the video or HD video profile categories. Oddly enough there are lossless conversion options if you use the audio category, but this will output a separate file from the video. Depending on the video container you use and it's capabilities, users can do separate conversions and then mux the lossless audio and video output files later with other 3rd party applications if lossless quality is that important. In that case, this application would not be as convenient compared to other software, while it can do 1:1 copies, other software are more dedicated to this purpose and have more options in this regard.
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High quality conversions for minimum - no effort
Default profile options generally have most fields filled with "smart fit" option by default. This is essentially mirroring the source media as closely as possible, so you get a high-quality conversion with a mild (probably not noticeable) loss in quality. Custom profiles can be made. There seems to be no lossless or pass-thru options for generic video or hd video profiles though.
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License for Mac and Windows require separate purchases
If you buy one, you can purchase a license for the other OS at a discount, but still, it'd be nice to purchase one license for both.
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Easy high quality conversions
By default, conversions use "smart fit" for almost all options. This amounts to nearly lossless conversions, or more accurately, high-quality for minimum effort lossy copies. By default, audio is compressed to lossy AAC format. Users can create custom profiles if so desired.
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Have experienced issues with buggy seeking of timeline on HD MKV output files
Will update with more info as time goes on, if other ripped media has this problem or if an update fixes this.
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Great profile categories
Video Converter Ultimate has great categories of profiles, some are generic video formats, generic audio formats, device specific formats including some virtual reality headsets which I have not seen before in other software, formats for editing in popular video editors, generic hd video formats, and for sharing over the web or for popular video sharing websites.
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Web Browser addons/extensions to make downloading videos from the web easy
Browsers supported on the Mac are Firefox, Google Chrome & Safari.
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Single purchase/ lifetime license options
Buy it once and you're done. They do have an annual license at $39.95 / Year and a Family lifetime license (2-5 computers) for $118.00. The $59.95 lifetime single license is a good deal if you think you'll use the software extensively beyond two-three years.
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Can copy and burn DVD media
It can copy to formats including ISO, TS/DVD Folder and .dvdmedia.
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