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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

The down votes are from the Etcher part, it has a cult of lovers and a cult of haters.

I'm l fine with people using Etcher, Rufus, or whatever works for them, but I'm aware that both software I just named has passionate haters.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Etcher is not recommend anymore because it's adware and there are better free alternative like Impression

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I'll check Impression out, thanks!