loadlibrary VS Ventoy

Compare loadlibrary vs Ventoy and see what are their differences.

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loadlibrary Ventoy
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4,256 57,178
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1.8 7.1
about 2 years ago 20 days ago
C C
GNU General Public License v3.0 only GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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loadlibrary

Posts with mentions or reviews of loadlibrary. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

Ventoy

Posts with mentions or reviews of Ventoy. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-27.
  • Tools for Linux Distro Hoppers
    7 projects | dev.to | 27 Mar 2024
    Ventoy is an open-source tool to create a bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files. Using Ventoy, we can create live USB for multiple distros in one flash disk. This is a revolutionary feature compared to other tools, e.g., Etcher, Rufus, etc, that can only create one live USB at a time. This tool is so important. Don't call yourself a distro hopper if you don't know this tool.
  • Ventoy, Live USB multitool for you ISOs Collector
    2 projects | dev.to | 4 Jan 2024
    Ventoy
    2 projects | dev.to | 4 Jan 2024
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  • Ventoy
    8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Dec 2023
    I faced it too. There is a PR on the ventoy GitHub repository that fixes Proxmox boot.

    https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/actions/runs/7088423200

    8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Dec 2023
    Let me Google that for you.

    https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy

    That was hard.

  • How to Boot ISO Files from GRUB2 Boot Loader
    6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 16 Dec 2023
    > While this works, I find this method a bit tedious to use, at least compared to Ventoy [0].

    I find ventoy more tedious, because you can't use it on your hard drive with a sane partitioning scheme.

    The only reason is because of how the ventoy detection hardcode the partition boundaries in its checks, and it means Ventoy can only run with the partitions set in a way that may lead to alignment issues like write-amplification: I've detailed that in https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/issues/1342

    Ideally I'd have a 10G partition after the EFI (or it could even be the EFI itself) with a few ISOs for rescue purposes + a UEFI entry to avoid having to use a bootable USB, but that's not possible with Ventoy unless I accept Ventoy choices of partition boundaries:

                    (pMBR->PartTbl[0].StartSectorId != 2048 ||
    6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 16 Dec 2023
    While this works, I find this method a bit tedious to use, at least compared to Ventoy [0].

    Ventoy allows you to create a bootable USB containing any number of ISO files just by writing them as files to a partition. It even supports Windows, and has some cool features like overriding Secure Boot on some machines.

    [0] https://www.ventoy.net/

  • Cài win máy tính
    2 projects | /r/TroChuyenLinhTinh | 11 Dec 2023
  • What is your favorite app that doesn't have a good open source alternative?
    11 projects | /r/fossdroid | 24 Jun 2023
    Last but not least there is also Ventoy. Short explanation: Install Ventoy to a usb drive, put all your isos in one folder on that drive. Now when you boot that usb drive you will see the ventoy menu, and it will allow you to boot any of the isos you put in the folder. Very handy.
  • Thinking of purchasing a 4080 laptop and replacing W11 with KDE plasma
    5 projects | /r/linux_gaming | 17 May 2023
    Overall, don't be afraid to switch distro (use Ventoy, load a few ISOs just in case), try to make sure you have an easy way of backing up your stuff (be it with a separate /home partition, or like I do with storing everything important in a separate drive and then using symlink to make it 'appear' in their 'default' places), and you can always use VM in a pinch (consult this guide or use quickemu or gnome-boxes)

What are some alternatives?

When comparing loadlibrary and Ventoy you can also consider the following projects:

Rufus - The Reliable USB Formatting Utility

etcher - Flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives, safely and easily.

multibootusb - A collection of GRUB files and scripts that will allow you to create a pendrive capable of booting different ISO files

netboot.xyz - Your favorite operating systems in one place. A network-based bootable operating system installer based on iPXE.

unetbootin - UNetbootin installs Linux/BSD distributions to a partition or USB drive

multibootusb - Create multiboot live Linux on a USB disk...

WoeUSB - A Microsoft Windows® USB installation media preparer for GNU+Linux

refindplus - A variant of the rEFInd boot manager

AppMan - Manage 1900+ AppImage packages and official standalone apps for GNU/Linux without root privileges using the ever-growing AUR-inspired database of "AM Application Manager". Easy to use like APT and powerful like PacMan.

WoeUSB-ng - WoeUSB-ng is a simple tool that enable you to create your own usb stick windows installer from an iso image or a real DVD. This is a rewrite of original WoeUSB.

vertex-theme - Vertex is a theme for GTK 3, GTK 2, Gnome-Shell and Cinnamon

archinstall - Arch Linux installer - guided, templates etc.