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Universal USB Installer

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Universal USB Installer
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Universal USB Installer (UUI) is an open-source live Linux USB flash drive creation software. It allows users to create a bootable live USB flash drive using an ISO image from a supported Linux distribution, antivirus utility, system tool, or Microsoft Windows installer. The USB boot software can also be used to make Windows 8, 10, or 11 run entirely from USB.

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YUMI (Your Universal Multiboot Integrator) is also a separate open-source product release that has several enhanced features, some have been integrated into UUI.

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Features

  • Can be used to make a Multiboot live USB bootable flash drive containing many different Linux distributions and tools.
  • Optionally create a persistent file for saving changes made from the running environment back to the flash drive.
  • Can be used to create a Windows Setup or Windows To Go USB.
  • Provides additional information regarding each distribution, including category, website URL, and download link for quick reference.
  • Use formatting methods that allow the USB flash drive to remain accessible for other storage purposes.
  • Unsupported or (unlisted) ISO files can also be tried against several unlisted ISO options[1]
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Example supported Linux distributions

Reception

It's FOSS editor wrote that Universal USB Installer is his "favorite tool and is extremely easy to use."[4] Lifehacker called it "useful".[5]

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