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Re:Rufus: Reliable USB Formatting Utility by sokoloff on Saturday May 08, 2021 @07:36AM (#27086173)
It never occurred to me to judge a flashing tool based on its internal architecture and language/framework choice.

I judge it based on whether I get a bootable bit of flash out the other side.

Re:Rufus: Reliable USB Formatting Utility by bydo on Saturday May 08, 2021 @11:08AM (#27087811)
Rufus is just straight-up better, though? It's smaller, faster, more configurable, doesn't require installation, doesn't opt you in to analytics (wtf are they even analyzing?), and doesn't advertise the developer's other projects.

Even ignoring those last two, which just seem gross, running an entire web browser to accomplish the same thing as a 1MB native application is like using an anvil as a hammer. Yeah, it'll work, but why?

Re:Rufus: Reliable USB Formatting Utility by sokoloff on Saturday May 08, 2021 @11:18AM (#27087901)
I don’t know if it’s better; it seems like it could easily be as good, but I’ll check it out the first time Etcher fails to make a working flash drive.