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Ventoy – Open-Source Alternative to Rufus for Creating Multi-Boot USB Drives (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 days ago by Digitalescapetools@sh.itjust.works to c/digitalescapetooks@sh.itjust.works

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Ventoy makes reinstalling operating systems or testing Linux distros much easier.

Install Ventoy once, then simply copy ISO files to your USB drive, no need to reformat it every time you add another image. It also supports multiple operating systems, Secure Boot, persistence, and many rescue tools.

GitHub: https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy

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[–] Meron35@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago

            
              Rufus is windows only
Rufus still requires formatting the drive every time, and is limited to one OS per drive. An overly reductionist take is that it is basically a fancy wrapper to dd. Ventoy is way more brain-dead to use - format once, just drag and drop multiple isos, and the ventoy menu will let you choose which to iso to boot into.