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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
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Subject: Re: Before Dimdows 10 Goes EOL, I'm Testing Linux To Save My Laptop
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Date: 28 Jun 2025 05:42:53 GMT
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On Fri, 27 Jun 2025 21:14:05 -0700, T wrote:

> I use Fedora's media write frequently in Fedora.  Maybe some of the
> switches were wrong in the Windows version.
> The Linux version is really picky about
>      --target-filesystem NTFS
> being called out

Path of least resistance. I have a Windows 11 laptop with rufus. Rufus 
happily created USB sticks for Ubuntu, Lubuntu, Fedora, and Q4OS. I'm not 
into additional pain.