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…

  • Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org
    6·
    3 days ago

    What options are there for flashing to SD cards? Something that works on Mac too would be nice. A gui is preferred.

    • downhomechunk@midwest.socialEnglish
      102·
      3 days ago

      Plug your usb drive in and run lsblk to figure out which letter to use instead of x in /dev/sdx

      sudo dd if=image.iso of=/dev/sdx bs=1M status=progress

      EDIT: I totally didn’t read your request. This is not gui or Mac based, but it still might help someone.

        • downhomechunk@midwest.socialEnglish
          1·
          1 day ago

          I use a microSD to usb adapter and have 2 spinning rust disks. So it’s /sdc for me, but i still always double check. Dd isn’t called the disk destroyer for nothing.

      • Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org
        1·
        2 days ago

        Thanks for trying.

        I’m not against terminal, but I’d just have to look up commands every time that I rarely use.

      • Revan343@lemmy.ca
        3·
        3 days ago

        Mac should have dd, I’d assume lsblk as well not lsblk though. There’s fdisk though