Popsicle - Linux utility for flashing multiple USB devices in parallel
Popsicle is a tool made by Pop! OS team. It is a simple tool to create bootable USB drive/stick. It is pre-installed on Pop! OS Linux distribution.
Popsicle details in brief 🔗
| Features | Value |
|---|---|
| Open source | Yes, on Github |
| Free (of charge) | Yes |
| Programming language | Rust |
| can create a bootable Linux disro | Yes |
| can create a bootable Windows | No |
| Multilanguage (spoken languages) | Yes |
| English (the universal language) | Yes |
| uptodate | yes, updated 3 days ago |
How to use Popsicle to create bootable USB sticks ? 🔗
It is simple. Just open Popsicle, choose ISO image of an operating system, click next, select a USB stick or more, click next. And wait until the tool finishes the task.
Note: you can create two or more bootable USB sticks of one operating system in parallel. Just select the USB sticks, and it’s done.
Why another tool ? 🔗
There are rufus , unetbootin , BalenaEtcher and Ventoy . So no need for another tool for creating a bootable image USB stick! wait a second..
I think we need another tool. Every tool has its weakness and errors. If the distro maintainers also maintain a tool to create bootable USB drives, it is good. I know that is kind-of a duplicated effort! but there is a vision behind each software tool, and that vision usually vary from developer to another, and from organization to another.
Alternatives to popsicle 🔗
- rufus
- unetbootin
- BalenaEtcher
- Ventoy
- windows2usb Bash Script (use it if you are comfortable with scripts or a software developer).
- use dd to create a bootable USB drive .
