UNetbootin

UNetbootin (Universal Netboot Installer) is a cross-platform utility that can create Linux Live USB drives and can load a variety of system utilities or install various Linux distributions and other operating systems without a CD.SourceForge.net, UNetbootin distributions with built-in support; retrieved 2012-6-7.

Development
UNetbootin is an open-source software project.  It has 130,000+ weekly downloads.SourceForge.net, Unetbootin download stats; retrieved 2012-6-7.

For Windows, Mac OS X and Linux systems, UNetbootin may make it possible to do without the hard drive.Dörner, Stephan.  "So bleibt der PC garantiert virenfrei"  (Ensuring the Viruc-free PC), Handelsblatt (Germany). June 4, 2012; excerpt, Für Windows, Mac OS X und Linux gibt es dafür das kostenlose Tool UNetbootin, ... [b]esonderer Vorteil der Live-Distribution: Sie kommt ohne Festplatte aus; retrieved 2012-6-7.

Packages 
UNetbootin is part of many official software package repositories,ArchLinux.org,  "Official repositories," excerpt, "A software repository is a storage location from which software packages may be retrieved and installed on a computer"; retrieved 2012-6-7. including Debian,Debian, Package unetbootin; retrieved 2012-6-7. Ubuntu,Unbuntu, Package unetbootin; retrieved 2012-6-7. Fedora,Fedora, Package unetbootin; retrieved 2012-6-7. OpenSUSE,openSUSE,  Package unetbootin ; retrieved 2012-6-7. Gentoo Linux,Gentoo,  Package unetbootin ;retrieved 2012-6-7. and others.

Related pages
 List of tools to create Live USB systems

References

Further reading
 Biersdorfer, J.D. (2009).  "UNetbootin" at NetBooks: The Missing Manual. Sebastopol, California: O'Reilly Media. ;  OCLC 435462743
 Ciampa, Mark. (2011).  "UNetbootin" at Security+ Guide to Network Security Fundamentals. Boston, Massachusetts: Course Technology. ;  OCLC 707969716

 Other websites 

UNetbootin Official Website
UNetbootin Official Wiki
UNetbootin Launchpad Development Page

Category:Linux software