Usbimager – A non-electron based alternative to Balena Etcher

Re:Usbimager – A non-electron based alternative to Balena Et... by marcodiego on Monday October 18, 2021 @10:06AM (#28905546)

Even using mostly the terminal for tools like dd and file management, I've used Etcher sometimes. Also I've recommended it for a few people less experienced than me.

The reason: it is very user friendly, the interface is beautiful and, even for more experienced people, it brings a little more confidence than using dd directly.

I wouldn't call it a piece of thrash.

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Re:Usbimager – A non-electron based alternative to Balena Et... by ocdtrekkie on Monday October 18, 2021 @10:34AM (#28905827)

I don't care about interface "beauty", but GUIs definitely add a lot of comfort for things like drive operations and Git commits: I hate writing an arcane one-off command line command, and not truly being sure the outcome until it's already running.

That being said, I'd much rather not install a miniature Chrome browser just to provide the UI for a command line tool, so I'm glad to see non-Electron as a selling point.

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