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Maddy blobfoxcomfycomputer 🏳️‍⚧️ - Seasonal burnout mode engaged neofox_x_x @maddy@akkoma.queernerd.club
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Balena Etcher has to be one of the most bloated alternatives to 'dd' that I've ever seen.
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Maddy blobfoxcomfycomputer 🏳️‍⚧️ - Seasonal burnout mode engaged neofox_x_x @maddy@akkoma.queernerd.club
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If you’re on Windows, Rufus supports dd mode for those special images that don’t work any other way. It’s also only ~2MB and doesn’t require installation (if you pick the portable version).

I’m not sure of a user friendly alternative on Linux or Mac, but there’s gotta be something better than fucking Etcher.
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Maddy blobfoxcomfycomputer 🏳️‍⚧️ - Seasonal burnout mode engaged neofox_x_x @maddy@akkoma.queernerd.club
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I've also had a good experience dumping random ISOs on a large Ventoy-formatted drive, but it seems some on Fedi have issues with Ventoy for... reasons?
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celeste_hearts_lesbianceleste_hearts_transceleste_hearts_demisexual flori_ava_star:~cursor_blinking @star@amazonawaws.com
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@maddy It used to be, and maybe still is the case, that the ventoy sources contain a bunch of unexplained binary blobs, where it's apparently not clear what they do. This was what I knew about it
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Sly VI @sly_vi@lgbtqia.space
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@star @maddy Yes, and the topic aurfaced not so long after the xz-utils scenario, so it infosec people were very sensitive about this
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Maddy blobfoxcomfycomputer 🏳️‍⚧️ - Seasonal burnout mode engaged neofox_x_x @maddy@akkoma.queernerd.club
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@sly_vi @star Ahhh right, that sounds familiar. I'm hoping the dev(s) have been more transparent about the blob since. (I should probably look into that)
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Maddy blobfoxcomfycomputer 🏳️‍⚧️ - Seasonal burnout mode engaged neofox_x_x @maddy@akkoma.queernerd.club
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@sly_vi @star Oh neat, it does look like there's been some movement regarding that issue! (just started reading the thread)
github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/issues/3224
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fraggLe! @fwaggle@moodoo.org
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@sly_vi @star @maddy Oh my bristling at using Ventoy (and to be clear, I loved it, I still have one laying around) was more that when these concerns were raised, the backlash was extremely dodgy, over-the-top, almost astroturf in appearance.

Like there was a coordinated effort to go "pay no attention to the man behind the curtain".

Go look at Veronica Explains' mentions any time she's like "hey, I don't like Ventoy, I don't want to talk about it, if you like it that's great" - it's ravenous.
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