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Universal USB Installer
Developer(s)Pendrivelinux
Initial releaseAugust 2006; 17 years ago (2006-08)
Stable release
2.0.2.0[1] / 19 October 2023; 7 months ago (2023-10-19)[1]
Written inNSIS
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows
TypeLive USB
LicenseGNU GPL v2
Websitependrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/
YUMI (Your USB Multiboot Installer) exFAT
Developer(s)Pendrivelinux
Stable release
1.0.2.4[2] / 18 October 2023; 7 months ago (2023-10-18)[3]
Written inNSIS
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows, Linux
TypeLive USB
LicenseGNU GPL v2
Websitependrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/
YUMI (Your USB Multiboot Installer) Legacy (archived)
Developer(s)Pendrivelinux
Stable release
2.0.9.4[2] / 30 January 2022; 2 years ago (2022-01-30)[2]
Written inNSIS
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows
TypeLive USB
LicenseGNU GPL v2
Websiteyumiusb.com/yumi-legacy/
YUMI (Your USB Multiboot Installer) UEFI (archived)
Developer(s)Pendrivelinux
Preview release
0.0.4.5[2] / 5 March 2022; 2 years ago (2022-03-05)[2]
Written inNSIS
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows
TypeLive USB
LicenseGNU GPL v2
Websiteyumiusb.com/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.

YUMI (Your Universal Multiboot Integrator) is also a separate open-source product release which has several enhanced features, some have been integrated into UUI.

Features

Example supported Linux distributions

Reception

It's FOSS editor wrote that Universal USB Installer is his "favorite tool and is extremely easy to use."[4] Lifehacker called it "useful".[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Pendrivelinux, Lance (2022-06-25). "Universal USB Installer - Boot from USB | Pen Drive Linux". Pen Drive Linux. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
  2. ^ a b c d e Pendrivelinux, Lance (2011-03-05). "YUMI - Multiboot USB Creator | USB Pen Drive Linux". Pen Drive Linux. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  3. ^ Pendrivelinux, Lance (2022-10-18). "Easily Make Bootable USB Drives ▷ Pen Drive Linux". Pen Drive Linux. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  4. ^ Prakash, Abhishek (8 May 2014). "How to Create Ubuntu Live USB in Windows [Step-by-Step]". itsfoss.com. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  5. ^ Purdy, Kevin (2010-06-28). "Universal USB Installer Makes a Persistent Thumb Drive Version of Any Linux OS". Lifehacker. Retrieved 2021-05-31.