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Add to SafariWhen comparing Etcher vs Deepin Boot Maker, the Slant community recommends Etcher for most people. In the question“What are the best programs to make a bootable Linux drive?” Etcher is ranked 1st while Deepin Boot Maker is ranked 10th. The most important reason people chose Etcher is:
Supports Linux, Windows and Mac.
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Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Cross platform
Supports Linux, Windows and Mac.
Pro Polished GUI
The gui looks great and is easy to use.
Pro Open source
Free to use and modify. Apache license. Repository link.
Pro Relatively fast
Flashes/burns images relatively fast.
Pro Extremely user friendly
By far, the most user friendly and straight-forward UI I've ever seen in an application like this
Pro 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.
Pro Beautiful UI
Deepin Boot Maker has a very beautiful UI
Pro Cross-platform
Deepin Boot Maker works on Windows, Mac and Linux
Cons
Con 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.
Con Sends data to balena by default
It is enabled by default, hidden in the settings and you have to turn it manually off.
Con Large file size
Much larger file size in comparison to something like Rufus.
Con Doesn't always work
Won't work on all ISO images.
