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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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How to create a bootable Linux USB drive (www.zdnet.com)

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

If you're already on linux there is no need to install special tools. Simply copy the iso directly to the USB device.

dd if=distribution.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=1M && sync

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

You can do the same with cp too. Also safer.

But I use Ventoy nowadays.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

oflag=sync also works instead of && sync. Might as well drop a status=progress in there too

[–] Rustmilian 3 points 2 months ago

cat works as well.