• HappyTimeHarry@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    Is Dd not an option? I dont get why every distro need their own usb image writer when dd and ventoy already exist.

  • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    “must run as root” App.deb

    Yeah. That’s how you install ad-hoc packages where the author didn’t put them properly in a repo with signatures.

    But, as Debian has impaired validation anyway - it’s a package format thing - it’s not AS big a deal.

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      2 months ago

      I have a flag set in my brain that says I shouldn’t use Balena etcher. I dont remember the cause exactly but have they had any issues in the privacy/security space recently?

      • lime!@feddit.nu
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        2 months ago

        i don’t use it because it’s an 80MB Electron mess with built-in tracking and advertising that does the same thing as tools that are installed on the system from day 1.