replacing the Startup Disk Creator

[Nio Wiklund]

Den 2015-09-18 kl. 15:06, skrev NikTh:
> 
> On 18/09/2015 02:34 μμ, Marc Deslauriers wrote:
>>
>> I disagree. The incredibly long list of Unetbootin bugs leads me to believe it's
>> in a worse state than Startup Disk Creator:
>>
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/unetbootin/+bugs?orderby=-id&start=0
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unetbootin/+bugs?field.searchtext=&orderby=-id&start=0
>> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?src=unetbootin
>> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775689
> 
> 
> I agree with your disagreement. I consider Unetbootin almost a
> deprecated project. It's not in a good state as regards UEFI systems and
> has more bugs than fixes.
> 
> 
>> I have no objection to replacing Startup Disk Creator with something better, but
>> the replacement would need to at least adhere to the following criteria:
>>
>> 1- Support UEFI
>> 2- Be easy to use (including user testing)
>> 3- Use a modern secure design (backend service that does the minimum privileged
>> operations, frontend that supports multiple toolkits, communication over dbus
>> and policykit integration)
>> 4- Support udisks for proper hardware integration
>> 5- Be reliable
>> 6- Be written in a language that is maintainable
>> 7- Be of quality enough to pass a MIR (Main inclusion request)
>> 8- Have developers who are willing to commit to supporting it in the Ubuntu
>> archive, and for the duration of the LTS releases
>>
> 
> I cannot remove or add anything to that list.
> Completely agree.
> 

Hi NikTh,

What tool do you use to make USB boot drives? Do you use the Startup
Disk Creator or some other tool, maybe a tool in Windows?

Best regards
Nio