This is a quick video of the Etcher.io USB Flash Drive Utility. I am using it with Linux in this video (Linux Mint 18.1x64 Cinnamon), but I have also tested it with Microsoft Windows 10. The interface is consistent across these two platforms and the utility is fantastic. I normally use rufus on Windows, but with my recent switch to Linux, I set out to find native Linux utilities to replace my Windows utilities. Etcher does an admirable job and includes safety measures to help prevent wiping the "wrong drive". Very nice. The machine that I am using is an older Dell Inspiron N5030 and it is quite slow and laggy, but it is serving well for my introduction to Linux. I plan to give TrueOS a shot as well. I used Unix in the 1980's in the form of MicroSoft Xenix on Tandy Radio Shack hardware, so I've always had a soft spot for Unix-Like Operating Systems. I also used Microware OS-9 Level I and ][ on Tandy Color Computer Hardware (also a Unix-Like O.S.). With that said, please forgive my slow typing and constant mistakes. I've left any mistakes in rather than edit them out. I think videos should be "real" and not "doctored". As you can see, I'm very new to Linux, less than a month in. I've "played around" with it since it's beginning, but never got serious with it until Windows 10 made a habit of destroying my external USB hard drive directories... that was enough for me to look at viable alternatives. Thankfully, Linux allowed me to recover those "trashed" directories and saved my data. Windows 10 eventually "played nice" with my external drives, several updates down the line, but my trust was already damaged. I still use Windows, just no longer as my primary O.S. I find I still need it from time to time because of my work.
