UNetbootin

UNetbootin
Original author(s)Geza Kovacs
Stable release
release 243 / July 21, 2008; 18 years ago (2008-07-21)
Repository
Operating systemWindows, Linux
TypeLinux installer
LicenseGNU General Public License
Websiteunetbootin.sourceforge.net

UNetbootin (Universal Netboot Installer) is a cross-platform utility that can create Linux Live USB drives and can load a variety of system utilities or install various Linux distributions and other operating systems without a CD.

Development

UNetbootin is an open-source software project. It has 130,000+ weekly downloads.

For Windows, Mac OS X and Linux systems, UNetbootin may make it possible to do without the hard drive.

Packages

UNetbootin is part of many official software package repositories, including Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSUSE, Gentoo Linux, and others.

References

  1. ↑ SourceForge.net, UNetbootin distributions with built-in support; retrieved 2012-6-7.
  2. ↑ SourceForge.net, Unetbootin download stats[permanent dead link]; retrieved 2012-6-7.
  3. ↑ Dörner, Stephan. "So bleibt der PC garantiert virenfrei" Archived 2012-08-26 at the Wayback Machine (Ensuring the Viruc-free PC), Handelsblatt (Germany). June 4, 2012; excerpt, Für Windows, Mac OS X und Linux gibt es dafür das kostenlose Tool UNetbootin, ... [b]esonderer Vorteil der Live-Distribution: Sie kommt ohne Festplatte aus; retrieved 2012-6-7.
  4. ↑ ArchLinux.org, "Official repositories," excerpt, "A software repository is a storage location from which software packages may be retrieved and installed on a computer"; retrieved 2012-6-7.
  5. ↑ Debian, Package unetbootin; retrieved 2012-6-7.
  6. ↑ Unbuntu, Package unetbootin; retrieved 2012-6-7.
  7. ↑ Fedora, Package unetbootin; retrieved 2012-6-7.
  8. ↑ openSUSE, Package unetbootin Archived 2014-02-12 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-6-7.
  9. ↑ Gentoo, Package unetbootin Archived 2012-06-14 at the Wayback Machine;retrieved 2012-6-7.

Further reading

Other websites

Media related to UNetbootin at Wikimedia Commons