IWantLinux Alternatives

IWantLinux is described as 'Simple, beginner-friendly tool for Windows that helps you get started with Linux. Choose a distro from a curated list, and IWantLinux will download it and write it to a USB drive — ready to boot' and is an app in the cd/dvd tools category. There are more than 50 alternatives to IWantLinux for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Flathub and Flatpak apps. The best IWantLinux alternative is Rufus, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like IWantLinux are Ventoy, balenaEtcher, UNetbootin and YUMI exFAT.

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  1. mintstick icon
     8 likes

    Linux Mint's USB Image Writer (mintstick) is an easy to use and dependable means of creating bootable USBs.

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mint
     
  2. ISO to USB icon
     8 likes

    ISO to USB is a free and small software that can burn the ISO image file directly to the USB drives, these USB drives include USB flash drives, memory sticks and other USB storage devices, it also supports to create a bootable USB disk with Windows operating systems.

    48 ISO to USB alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. BartPE icon
     23 likes

    Barts PE Builder helps you build a BartPE (Bart Preinstalled Environment) bootable Windows CD-Rom or DVD from the original Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 installation/setup CD, very suitable for PC maintenance tasks.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. Caligula icon
     2 likes

    A user-friendly, lightweight TUI wrapper for the dd command written in Rust that performs easy disk imaging and ISO burning with only a single command with graphs and rich confirmation dialogs.

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • Nix Package Manager
    • Homebrew
     
  5. Mist icon
     2 likes

    A Mac utility that automatically downloads macOS Firmwares / Installers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  6. Flash disk images onto your drives with ease. Select an image, insert your drive, and you're good to go!

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
     
  7. Lufus icon
     1 like

    A rufus clone designed to work with linux, burn ISO Windows/Linux images to external flash drives like USB devices or TF cards.

    4 Lufus alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Python
     
  8. ImageUSB icon
     13 likes

    ImageUSB is a free tool for writing an image to multiple USB Flash Drives (or reading image from an UFD).

    ImageUSB is designed for use with OSForensics.

    12 ImageUSB alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. mkusb icon
     3 likes

    (Straight up rufus for Linux users ) The mkusb tool was developed to make it simpler and safer to create boot drives with the method to flash or clone an iso image or a compressed image file. It is using dd under the hood.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  10. dd-Etcher icon
     1 like

    A minimal image flasher for macOS (and soon Linux). Think Balena Etcher, but without the telemetry, the bloat, or the bundled Chromium. It wraps the reliable dd(1) shell tool directly under the hood.

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    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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