Fedora Media Writer is a graphical application designed to create bootable USB installation media. It is the Fedora Project’s recommended tool for writing Fedora images, but it can also write custom ISO images for other operating systems.
The application can download Fedora images directly, verify downloaded images and write them using direct device access. After writing, it reads the image back from the USB drive to verify the operation. A Restore function can return previously written media to a conventional single-partition layout.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Download Fedora images directly from within the application.
- Write Fedora images to USB flash drives.
- Write custom ISO images for other operating systems.
- Verify downloaded Fedora images.
- Read written data back from the USB drive to verify the write operation.
- Detect removable storage devices.
- Restore a USB drive to a conventional single-partition layout.
- Supports Linux, Windows and macOS.
Website: github.com/FedoraQt/MediaWriter
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Developer: Fedora Project
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
Fedora Media Writer is written in C++ and QML. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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