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. SharpBoot icon
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    SharpBoot is a small utility for creating multiboot ISO or USB. You just need to drag-n-drop some iso files inside, and it automatically adds description and category (for supported ISO files, not shown in the screenshot). It uses Syslinux for the menu and bootloader.

    37 SharpBoot alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. Optical drives are rapidly disappearing from our computers of all kinds, and consequently installing operating systems from USB flash disks is becoming increasingly popular. ISO images of the ROSA Linux distribution were originally intended for burning to DVD disks, but they can...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. Bootqt icon
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    Bootqt is a simple app for making a bootable USB drive from an ISO or IMG file. It is written in Python and uses Qt technologies to provide an easy to use graphical user interface.

    53 Bootqt alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  4. FlashBoot icon
     6 likes

    FlashBoot is a tool to create an installable clone of Windows 7/8.x/10 (including all your apps and data) on the USB thumbdrive/HDD and instantly transfer your entire OS to another computer, even with dissimilar hardware:

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Mac Linux USB Loader is an application that allows you to create bootable USB drives containing a Linux distribution that can boot natively on Apple's Macintosh computers using their EFI system, regardless of whether or not the selected distribution has UEFI support.

    27 Mac Linux USB Loader alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  6. USBWriter icon
     3 likes

    USBWriter is tiny Windows tool that lets you write an image file directly to an USB drive. It requires no installation and depends on no bloated framework, it's just a little program that you may put on your desktop.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. WinUSB - simple, portable and lightweight tool, lets you create multiple Windows bootable USB flash drive using ISOs or DVDs. Formatting drive is not required when free space is enough. Boot with NTFS flash drive in UEFI system supported for most PC.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Utility QemuBootTester, at the base QEMU, from Ameda Buddha, with support for x86 / x64 UEFI mode. All possibilities, in general, are visible on the screen.

    39 QemuBootTester alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. MeowUSB icon
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    Create Windows USB on a Mac MeowUSB simplifies the process of creating a bootable Windows USB on your Mac.

    39 MeowUSB alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  10. WinZapGo icon
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    WinZapGo is a native Linux application developed to deploy Windows 10 and 11 To Go directly from SteamOS or any Linux environment, removing the requirement for a secondary Windows PC.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • SteamOS
    • Linux
     
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