Universal USB Installer

Short description: Linux flash drive creation software

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Universal USB Installer

Universal USB Installer

Developer(s)| Lance
Initial release| August 2006; 17 years ago (2006-08)
Stable release|

2.0.1.1[1] / 25 June 2022; 19 months ago (2022-06-25)[1]

Written in| NSIS
Operating system| Microsoft Windows
Type| Live USB
License| GNU GPL v2
Website| www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/
YUMI (Your USB Multiboot Installer) LegacyDeveloper(s)| Lance

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Stable release|

2.0.9.4[2] / 30 January 2022; 2 years ago (2022-01-30)[2]

Written in| NSIS
Operating system| Microsoft Windows
Type| Live USB
License| GNU GPL v2
Website| www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/#YUMI-Legacy
YUMI (Your USB Multiboot Installer) UEFIDeveloper(s)| Lance

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Preview release|

0.0.4.5[2] / 5 March 2022; 23 months ago (2022-03-05)[2]

Written in| NSIS
Operating system| Microsoft Windows
Type| Live USB
License| GNU GPL v2
Website| www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/#YUMI-UEFI

Universal USB Installer (UUI) is an open-source live Linux USB flash drive creation software. It allows users to create a bootable live USB flash drive using an ISO image from a supported Linux distribution, antivirus utility, system tool, or Microsoft Windows installer. The USB boot software can also be used to make Windows 8, 10, or 11 run entirely from USB.

## Contents

* 1 Features
* 2 Example supported Linux distributions
* 3 Reception
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## Features

* Creates a bootable live USB flash drive of many Linux distributions
* Optionally create a persistent file for saving changes made from the running environment back to the flash drive.
* Can be used to create a Windows Setup or Windows To Go USB.
* Provides additional information regarding each distribution, including category, website URL, and download link for quick reference
* Use formatting methods that allow the USB flash drive to remain accessible for other storage purposes
* Unsupported or (unlisted) ISO files can also be tried against several unlisted ISO options[1]

## Example supported Linux distributions

* Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Xubuntu
* Debian Live
* Linux Mint
* Kali Linux
* OpenSUSE
* Fedora
* Damn Small Linux
* Puppy Linux
* PCLinuxOS
* CentOS
* GParted
* Clonezilla

## Reception

It's FOSS editor wrote that Universal USB Installer is his "favorite tool and is extremely easy to use."[3] Lifehacker called it "usefull".[4]

## See also

* List of tools to create Live USB systems

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Pendrivelinux, Lance (2022-06-25). "Universal USB Installer - Boot from USB | Pen Drive Linux" (in en-US). https://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Pendrivelinux, Lance (2022-03-05). "YUMI - Multiboot USB Creator | USB Pen Drive Linux" (in en-US). https://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/.
3. ↑ Prakash, Abhishek. "How to Create Ubuntu Live USB in Windows [Step-by-Step"] (in en-US). https://itsfoss.com/create-live-usb-of-ubuntu-in-windows/.
4. ↑ Purdy, Kevin (2010-06-28). "Universal USB Installer Makes a Persistent Thumb Drive Version of Any Linux OS" (in en-us). https://lifehacker.com/universal-usb-installer-makes-a-persistent-thumb-drive-5574276.

## External links

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