Fedora Media Writer is an
open source
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tool designed to create
live media
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for
Fedora Linux
Fedora Linux is a Linux distribution developed by the Fedora Project. Fedora contains software distributed under various free and open-source licenses and aims to be on the leading edge of open-source technologies. Fedora is the upstream sourc ...
.
Features
*Cross-platform (available for Linux, macOS, and Windows)
*Destructive installer - "overwrites the drive's partition layout though so it also provides a way to restore a single-partition layout with a FAT32 partition"
*Supports various
Fedora Linux
Fedora Linux is a Linux distribution developed by the Fedora Project. Fedora contains software distributed under various free and open-source licenses and aims to be on the leading edge of open-source technologies. Fedora is the upstream sourc ...
releases
*Automatically detects all removable devices
*Persistent storage creation, to save all documents created and modifications made to the system
*
SHA-1
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checksum
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verification of known releases, to ensure there is no corruption when downloading
*Not limited to Fedora Linux releases, supports custom images
See also
*
Fedora Linux
Fedora Linux is a Linux distribution developed by the Fedora Project. Fedora contains software distributed under various free and open-source licenses and aims to be on the leading edge of open-source technologies. Fedora is the upstream sourc ...
*
Fedora Project
The Fedora Project is an independent project to co-ordinate the development of Fedora Linux, a Linux-based operating system, operating with the vision of "''a world where everyone benefits from free and open source software built by inclusive, w ...
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List of tools to create live media systems
References
External links
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fedoralinux.org{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907113411/http://www.fedoralinux.org/ , date=2008-09-07
Cross-platform software
Live USB
Fedora Project
Linux installation software