This month Canonical will launch the next version of its desktop operating system, an Ubuntu 16.10 that will arrive with the most outstanding novelty of bringing the Unity 8 graphical environment installed by default (although it will not start from it by default). An option to install Yakkety Yak it would be updating, but personally I have always preferred to perform a clean installation or, failing that, update keeping only my personal folder. For both cases the best is install Ubuntu from USB and in this tutorial we will teach you how to create a Ubuntu 16.10 USB Bootable quickly and easily.
In this tutorial, which also works for any other version of Linux, we will teach you how to create the USB Bootable using a free and open source tool called Etcher. It is available for both Linux and macOS and Windows and, although it is true that does the same as UNetbootin, its user interface provides a better experience than other alternatives. We explain how it works below.
How to create an Ubuntu 16.10 USB Bootable with Etcher
- We download Etcher from this link. We can install the application, but this is not necessary on Linux.
- We downloaded the latest version of Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak from this link.
- Next, we insert a pendrive of at least 2GB in a USB port. Keep in mind that Etcher will delete all data from the pendrive, so it is worth copying your data to another drive before starting the process.
- We run Etcher (and you will understand why I like the application).
- Next, we click on SELECT IMAGE.
- In the next step we look for the image that we will have downloaded in step 2.
- Now we click on SELECT DRIVE and choose the drive for our pendrive. If we only have one position, the selection will be automatic, but it is worth making sure.
- Next, we click on FLASH IMAGE.
- Finally, we wait for the process to finish. We will see an image like the following:
As you can see, the process is very simple and, although it is true that it does the same thing as UNetbootin, I think the interface will be more liked by users with little experience. What do you think of Etcher?
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Via: omnibuntu.