UNetbootin
cross-platform utility that can create live USB systems
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.[1]
 UNetbootin on Ubuntu | |
| Original author(s) | Geza Kovacs |
|---|---|
| Stable release | release 243
/ July 21, 2008 |
| Repository | |
| Operating system | Windows, Linux |
| Type | Linux installer |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | unetbootin.sourceforge.net |
Development
changeUNetbootin is an open-source software project. It has 130,000+ weekly downloads.[2]
For Windows, Mac OS X and Linux systems, UNetbootin may make it possible to do without the hard drive.[3]
Packages
changeUNetbootin is part of many official software package repositories,[4] including Debian,[5] Ubuntu,[6] Fedora,[7] OpenSUSE,[8] Gentoo Linux,[9] and others.
Related pages
changeReferences
change- ↑ SourceForge.net, UNetbootin distributions with built-in support; retrieved 2012-6-7.
- ↑ SourceForge.net, Unetbootin download stats; retrieved 2012-6-7.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Debian, Package unetbootin; retrieved 2012-6-7.
- ↑ Unbuntu, Package unetbootin; retrieved 2012-6-7.
- ↑ Fedora, Package unetbootin; retrieved 2012-6-7.
- ↑ openSUSE, Package unetbootin Archived 2014-02-12 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-6-7.
- ↑ Gentoo, Package unetbootin;retrieved 2012-6-7.
Further reading
change- Biersdorfer, J.D. (2009). "UNetbootin" at NetBooks: The Missing Manual. Sebastopol, California: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 9780596802233; OCLC 435462743
- Ciampa, Mark. (2011). "UNetbootin" at Security+ Guide to Network Security Fundamentals. Boston, Massachusetts: Course Technology. ISBN 9781111640125; OCLC 707969716
Other websites
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Media related to UNetbootin at Wikimedia Commons
