Mintstick is a graphical utility from Linux Mint for creating bootable USB sticks and formatting removable media. It provides separate image-writing and formatting functionality in a simple GTK interface.
The image writer accepts ISO and IMG files, while the formatter supports FAT32, exFAT, NTFS and ext4 filesystems. Mintstick also includes ISO verification facilities supporting SHA-256 checksums and GPG signatures, with built-in handling for Linux Mint, Ubuntu and Debian images.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Write ISO images to USB sticks.
- Write IMG disk images to USB sticks.
- Automatically detect removable USB devices.
- Format USB sticks as FAT32.
- Format USB sticks as exFAT.
- Format USB sticks as NTFS.
- Format USB sticks as ext4.
- Set a volume label when formatting media.
- Calculate SHA-256 checksums for ISO images.
- Verify ISO images against supplied checksums.
- Verify checksum files using GPG signatures.
- Automatically locate verification information for supported Linux Mint, Ubuntu and Debian images.
Website: github.com/linuxmint/mintstick
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Developer: Clement Lefebvre
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
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