Hellfire103 to linuxmemesEnglish • 1 month agodd: disk destroyerlemmy.caimagemessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up1535arrow-down16cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1529arrow-down1imagedd: disk destroyerlemmy.caHellfire103 to linuxmemesEnglish • 1 month agomessage-square85fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•1 month agoIt’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)
minus-squareJackbyDevlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoWhat’s the alternative? On Windows I use Rufus usually.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•30 days agoI 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
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 month agoI assume Steve was also making a joke. But who knows, in this topsy-turvy world?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•30 days agoOh, he’s also Steve. lol I was extremely confused by this reply.
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)
What’s the alternative? On Windows I use Rufus usually.
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
Don’t drink and ddrive
I assume Steve was also making a joke. But who knows, in this topsy-turvy world?
Oh, he’s also Steve. lol I was extremely confused by this reply.