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Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: DFS <nospam@dfs.com> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: The Golly! of Python Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 20:04:46 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 37 Message-ID: <v06tut$17n04$1@dont-email.me> References: <uvltc2$v4b9$1@dont-email.me> <uvp47u$1mntq$1@dont-email.me> <uvpa8j$1pj2q$1@dont-email.me> <uvpits$1mntq$3@dont-email.me> <uvppqr$1som3$1@dont-email.me> <6622de54$0$2993$426a34cc@news.free.fr> <uvvcrq$3euft$1@dont-email.me> <bgc72jtqtgug5hdlj8887vt4v6oj5d4q4n@4ax.com> <v00rnq$3p12d$1@dont-email.me> <9gu92jl3pogpv8ac5hdhahlepe3vh4i1tv@4ax.com> <l8l1lgFdne8U2@mid.individual.net> <vs3b2jpop1996i9790v59rjkrcj76i5ap3@4ax.com> <ds4b2jle6hmcc6u59jtvossc37rlhj1vs8@4ax.com> <v06qfs$16quh$2@dont-email.me> <6626f117$0$6543$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 02:04:46 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="15a2a2f27f1c7ea4055ac0ec7d9a5684"; logging-data="1301508"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+ISkrKSvcu4hVIgsRQ/xyh" User-Agent: Betterbird (Windows) Cancel-Lock: sha1:wvOO1WHBOBIpeAsjwnn+fLx8EM8= In-Reply-To: <6626f117$0$6543$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2613 On 4/22/2024 7:21 PM, Andrzej Matuch wrote: > On 2024-04-22 7:05 p.m., DFS wrote: >> On 4/21/2024 6:33 PM, Joel wrote: >> >> >>> Rufus for Winblows >> >> >> That's one of those rare FOSS-for-Windows-only apps (along with >> Notepad++ and SumatraPDF and a few others I'm sure). >> >> Did some looking into Rufus: >> >> * stands for "The Reliable USB Formatting Utility, with Source"" >> >> * he claims Rufus is the result of reverse-engineering an old >> proprietary HP utility called HPUSBFW >> >> * he claims "as of 2023, Rufus gets downloaded close to 3 million times >> each month" >> >> * he has no plans to port it to Linux or MacOS. He thinks a Linux >> version that has ~75% of the features of the Windows version would >> take him at least 4 months of full-time work. > > Rufus is an excellent utility. Unfortunately, even with Rufus, some > Linux ISOs end up not booting because, for whatever reason, the people > behind the distributions enjoy giving us a free preview of what to > expect when running Linux. ha! You Sly-mer!