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When comparing dd vs Easy2Boot, the Slant community recommends Easy2Boot for most people. In the question“What is the best software for creating Live USB (from ISO files)?” Easy2Boot is ranked 5th while dd is ranked 7th.
Specs
LicenseGNU GPLv3+
Supported platformsmacOS, Linux, *BSD, Unix
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Pros
Pro Many features
It can do anything.
Pro Ported to almost any OS
There exist ports for Windows, Mac and even Android.
Pro Includes Ventoy
Pro Direct UEFI-booting from ISOs, WIM files, Win Install ISOs, VHDs, .imgPTN files
Secure Boot works for most payloads.
Pro Supports multiple Secure Boot UEFI by 'switching-in' different image files
Pro Easy2Boot is a multiboot USB drive
Rufus and Etcher are single-boot.
Pro Can Secure UEFI64-boot and run non-secure ISOs/payloads
Pro Over 1 million downloads
Pro Highly customizable boot menus
Cons
Con Easy to completely nuke an unrelated hard disk by accident
It is a cli app and there are no safety features to prevent a complete data loss if the user adds a wrong syntax.
Con 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.