Tails - Replacing balenaEtcher with Rufus as installer for Windows
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I am shocked by this - the quote in below is very concerning:

“However, in 2024, the situation changed: balenaEtcher started sharing the file name of the image and the model of the USB stick with the Balena company and possibly with third parties.”

Can’t see myself using this software anymore…

    • Rogue@feddit.uk
      16·
      1 day ago

      You didn’t screw up, you beautifully proved why the CLI is never a simple solution.

      • admin@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        21 hours ago

        It reminded me when I told a coworker he could force the Windows shutdowns with the command 'shutdown -p -f" from either a Run.exe or a cmd window.

        Then he said it wasn’t working, and that the cmd window would just open and close quickly but no shutdown.

        Imagine my surprise when he was doing shutdown -pf .

      • Abnorc@lemm.ee
        2·
        1 day ago

        This is why people trying to pass this as a primary option baffle me a bit. dd is not that bad in isolation, but all of these little commands add up.

        If we want Linux to be mainstream, we need to accept that most users aren’t going to be linux enthusiasts. They just want a PC that works normally.