NomadBSD
Livesystem based on FreeBSD (by nomadbsd)
MediaWriter
Fedora Media Writer - Write Fedora Images to Portable Media (by FedoraQt)
| NomadBSD | MediaWriter | |
|---|---|---|
| 37 | 9 | |
| 335 | 678 | |
| 0.9% | 0.4% | |
| 8.6 | 8.0 | |
| 10 days ago | 25 days ago | |
| CSS | C++ | |
| BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
NomadBSD
Posts with mentions or reviews of NomadBSD.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-19.
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how to read content from an old freebsd HD?
try with NomadBSD - it's based on Free and has automount feature.
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Its possible to install FreeBSD ina External USB HDD?
Yes. You can check https://nomadbsd.org/ It allow You to install in an external device with persistence. Best regards.
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About Installing Ubunto to USB on MBR
I know this is about unbuntu, but I use a BSD distro made to run permanently from a USB. It's called Nomad BSD https://nomadbsd.org/ it's pretty fun. It comes with the XFCE desktop and can run Linux apps.
- Easy Customized I2P on FreeBSD
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FreeBSD isn’t bad for a desktop OS
nomadbsd.org HelloSystem Mignightbsd.orgAll Good desktops on FreeBSD O/S, Freedom of Choice is good.
- NomadBSD: Persistent USB flash drive based desktop OS
- NomadBSD - a tale of some run of the mill HP laptop and OS for nomads ;)
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e2fsprogs-roothardlinks-1.46.5_4 conflicts with e2fsprogs-1.46.2 (installs files into the same place). Problematic file : /sbin/e2fsck
Testing NomadBSD for the upcoming Release · Issue #128 · nomadbsd/NomadBSD
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Linux user here. BSD caught my attention and I’m looking to try it out. Got any advice?
Rebase on FreeBSD 13.1 · Issue #114 · nomadbsd/NomadBSD – "We're almost ready for a RC1. Please be patient for another few days."
MediaWriter
Posts with mentions or reviews of MediaWriter.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-10-10.
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Fedora Media Writer checksum?
According to the official Github page for Fedora Media Writer, it does:
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Noob Question: Is there a need to verify ISO if I downloaded file via Fedora Media Writer
Fedora Media Writer's repository contains this document on the subject: https://github.com/FedoraQt/MediaWriter/blob/main/CRYPTOGRAPHY.md
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Fedora Media Writer has a very broken UI when using spanish
That's because it has been fixed already. The translatable string changed in this commit, and the translation tool apparently automatically mapped the old translation to it with a "Needs Editing" tag.
- Release 5.0.0 · Fedora Media Writer
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Fedora 36 is GO! Release: 2022-05-10
PS: for the ones using the official Fedora Media Writer to create a bootable USB from an .ISO... There's currently a new version in the making which is supposed to launch together with Fedora 36 - you can get preview-builds here: https://github.com/FedoraQt/MediaWriter/releases and some additional info on it here: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/L2QQJ5CNJOQ7ZGKXPUPVZ7DU5UJ6BVFO/
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Chrome OS Flex is not available to be installed using Linux while being based on Linux(Gentoo). Ironical.
It is: https://github.com/FedoraQt/MediaWriter/releases
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Building an Alternative Ecosystem
Fedora Media Writer works fine for me. https://github.com/FedoraQt/MediaWriter
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Rufus: The Reliable USB Formatting Utility
For anyone complaining that there is no nice GUI for dd on Linux and macOS, I recently discovered Fedora Media Writer [1] which works great for this job. Despite it’s name, it can be used with any ISO just like dd.
[1] https://github.com/FedoraQt/MediaWriter
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Reviving someone's old FOSS Project. Hope to have a release soon! ;)
FWIW, the Fedora Media Writer works with any distribution's images, just select the "custom image" option and point it to whatever ISO you have.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing NomadBSD and MediaWriter you can also consider the following projects:
ISO - helloSystem Live and installation ISO
Rufus - The Reliable USB Formatting Utility
linux-browser-installer - Script to install Linux browsers under a Linux chroot on FreeBSD
Ventoy - A new bootable USB solution.
ghostbsd-ports - FreeBSD ports with GhostBSD ports
unetbootin - UNetbootin installs Linux/BSD distributions to a partition or USB drive
install-fbsd-desktop
SimpleDiskImager - A simple tool for writing USB disk images.
cbsd - Yet one more wrapper around jail, bhyve, QEMU and XEN
xbox-iso-vfs - Mount Xbox ISO files on Windows
multibootusb - Create multiboot live Linux on a USB disk...
adwaita-qt - A style to bend Qt applications to look like they belong into GNOME Shell
NomadBSD vs ISO
MediaWriter vs Rufus
NomadBSD vs linux-browser-installer
MediaWriter vs Ventoy
NomadBSD vs ghostbsd-ports
MediaWriter vs unetbootin
NomadBSD vs install-fbsd-desktop
MediaWriter vs SimpleDiskImager
NomadBSD vs cbsd
MediaWriter vs xbox-iso-vfs
NomadBSD vs multibootusb
MediaWriter vs adwaita-qt