IWantLinux Alternatives

IWantLinux is described as 'Simple, beginner-friendly tool for Windows that helps you get started with Linux. Choose a distro from a curated list, and IWantLinux will download it and write it to a USB drive — ready to boot' and is a bootable usb creator in the cd/dvd tools category. There are more than 50 alternatives to IWantLinux for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Flathub and Flatpak apps. The best IWantLinux alternative is Rufus, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like IWantLinux are Ventoy, balenaEtcher, UNetbootin and YUMI exFAT.

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  1. A tool to create a bootable live USB drive with an edition of Fedora. Not only can Fedora Media Writer write an image to your flash drive, it can also download it for you. It offers official editions (Server, Workstation), Fedora spins (KDE Plasma Desktop, Xfce Desktop, Cinnamon...

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
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  2. WinToUSB icon
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    WinToUSB is a free software that allows you to install and run Windows operating system on a USB hard drive or USB flash drive, using an ISO image or CD/DVD drive as the source of installation. WinToUSB also support creating bootable WinPE USB drive, it can help you to transfer...

    53 WinToUSB alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  3. mintstick icon
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    Linux Mint's USB Image Writer (mintstick) is an easy to use and dependable means of creating bootable USBs.

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    • Linux
    • Linux Mint
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  4. ISO to USB icon
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    ISO to USB is a free and small software that can burn the ISO image file directly to the USB drives, these USB drives include USB flash drives, memory sticks and other USB storage devices, it also supports to create a bootable USB disk with Windows operating systems.

    48 ISO to USB alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
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  5. Mist icon
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    A Mac utility that automatically downloads macOS Firmwares / Installers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
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  6. Caligula icon
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    A user-friendly, lightweight TUI wrapper for the dd command written in Rust that performs easy disk imaging and ISO burning with only a single command with graphs and rich confirmation dialogs.

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • Nix Package Manager
    • Homebrew
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  7. Bootqt icon
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    Bootqt is a simple app for making a bootable USB drive from an ISO or IMG file. It is written in Python and uses Qt technologies to provide an easy to use graphical user interface.

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  8. BartPE icon
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    Barts PE Builder helps you build a BartPE (Bart Preinstalled Environment) bootable Windows CD-Rom or DVD from the original Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 installation/setup CD, very suitable for PC maintenance tasks.

    36 BartPE alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
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  9. ImageUSB icon
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    ImageUSB is a free tool for writing an image to multiple USB Flash Drives (or reading image from an UFD).

    ImageUSB is designed for use with OSForensics.

    13 ImageUSB alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  10. mkusb icon
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    (Straight up rufus for Linux users ) The mkusb tool was developed to make it simpler and safer to create boot drives with the method to flash or clone an iso image or a compressed image file. It is using dd under the hood.

    54 mkusb alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
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  11. Flash disk images onto your drives with ease. Select an image, insert your drive, and you're good to go!

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    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
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