I’ve been playing around with different Linux distros and I seem to be the go-to-guy when someone needs their computer to “get fixed”.
To fix the computers I sometimes have to reinstall everything or boot into a Linux distro to be able to remove viruses, malware and other stuff since Windows is not working properly anymore.
Before I found Rufus I used Unetbootin but it did sometimes fail to make the device boot for some unknown reason.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great Open Source app but I personally prefer Rufus over Unetbootin.
Also, Rufus is only available for Windows while Unetbootin have released apps for Windows, Linux and Mac too!
Rufus did make the distros I had problems with bootable. Both, Windows and Linux.
I haven’t played around with Mac or FreeBSD or any other OS.
But Rufus could probably help you with those too!
You can download Rufus for free at their website!
It’s Open Source (released under the GNU General Public License GPL version 3).
It doesn’t contain anything malicious as far as I know. And I’ve been using it for years.