• Steve Dice
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      82 months ago

      It’s a joke. Nobody switching to Linux would organically encounter dd. There’s like a million friendlier alternatives for everything it does.

      (I swear to God if someone replies to me with 1 niche use case of dd that there’s no alternative to, I’m gonna kick a dog into the sun)

        • Steve Dice
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          22 months ago

          Oh, he’s also Steve. lol I was extremely confused by this reply.

      • JackbyDev
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        12 months ago

        What’s the alternative? On Windows I use Rufus usually.

        • @[email protected]
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          32 months ago

          I believe Balena Etcher is on Linux, and someone else in the thread mentioned something called Popsicle.

          I always use dd though. Only borked my system once, and I blame that more on the liquor

    • @Siegfried
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      72 months ago

      If you made it this far into linux, you already know why you had to switch