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Tool To Create Bootable Windows USB Stick From Linux `WinUSB` (Fork) Renamed To `WoeUSB`, Sees New Release

| Date: June 14, 2017 | View Comments | Tags: boot, linux, ubuntu, usb, windows

The WinUSB fork we covered a while back was renamed to WoeUSB recently, while also seeing quite a few releases for the past few days.

WoeUSB

WoeUSB / WinUSB is a tool that can be used to create a bootable Windows installer USB stick from an ISO or DVD. The application supports Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, as well Windows 10, and can be used either with a GUI or from the command line.

Make A Bootable Windows 10 USB Install Stick On Linux With WinUSB Fork (WoeUSB)

| Date: June 09, 2016 | View Comments | Tags: linux, ubuntu, usb, windows

Update: the WinUSB fork is now called "WoeUSB".

WinUSB is a tool that can be used to create a bootable USB Windows installer from an ISO or a DVD, either using a GUI or from the command line.

The application looks pretty much abandoned, with the latest release dating back to 2013 however, GitHub user slacka forked it, fixed most of its bugs, and updated it to support both wxWidgets 2 and 3.


Create A Bootable USB Stick On Ubuntu With GNOME Disks [Quick Tip]

| Date: March 09, 2016 | View Comments | Tags: gnome, gnome disks, linux, tips n tricks, ubuntu, unity, usb

[Quick tip] Ubuntu Startup Disk Creator has been known to be buggy at times, so users have been looking for alternatives. Well, some might not be aware of this, but there's another GUI tool already installed by default in Ubuntu (w/ Unity) and Ubuntu GNOME, as well as other GNOME-based Linux distributions, which allows creating a bootable USB stick: GNOME Disks.

Quickly Charge Your iPhone Or iPad In Linux Via USB With iPad Charge

| Date: February 18, 2014 | View Comments | Tags: ipad, iPhone, linux, ubuntu, usb

iPad Charge is a Linux alternative to the ASUS Ai Charger Windows utility, which allows charging your iPad from USB ports that otherwise don't offer enough power to properly charge the tablet. The tool can also speed up iPhone and iPod charging via standard USB ports.

Tool To Create Windows USB Install Stick From Linux: WinUSB

| Date: January 11, 2012 | View Comments | Tags: linux, ubuntu, usb, windows, windows 7

winusb

WinUSB is a tool that lets you create a Windows USB install stick from Linux in just two clicks. The application supports Windows an Vista and can use either an ISO or a DVD as a source. Update: WinUSB supports Windows 8 as well.

Basenji 0.8 (Tool To Index Your CDs/DVDs, USB Devices And Network Drives), Released

| Date: April 26, 2011 | View Comments | Tags: basenji, cd, collection manager, dvd, indexer, linux, ubuntu, usb, windows

Basenji

Basenji is a cross-platform tool you can use to index your CDs/DVDs and USB devices so you can later search the database without having plug the media into your computer.

How To Remove Mounted Drives From The Ubuntu Unity Launcher

| Date: April 26, 2011 | View Comments | Tags: launcher, linux, mount, tweak, ubuntu, unity, usb


Unity mounted drives launcher

All the mounted drives (this includes USB drives, NTFS and other partitions that you set to automount, etc. - basically everything that's in /media) show up in the Ubuntu Unity launcher by default which is usually ok if you have a big monitor or if you don't have a lot of applications pinned to the Launcher. 

But if you use a netbook or just want more space on your Unity launcher, here's how to change the launcher behavior so that it doesn't display any mounted drives.


But firstly, here is how to unmount external devices.

Get USB Drives To Work With VirtualBox (Ubuntu Host)

| Date: February 20, 2011 | View Comments | Tags: linux, ubuntu, usb, virtualbox

To get USB drives to work with VirtualBox when using Ubuntu as a host, you need to add your user to the vboxusers group.

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