This tutorial explains steps about creating bootable USB drive of GNU/Linux distribution with UNetbootin or Rufus program. A GNU/Linux bootable drive is just like a DVD to boot and install Windows in your computer, except it is used to install GNU/Linux system. By using this article you can, for example, create Ubuntu bootable USB drive. It is not limited to Ubuntu, using UNetbootin/Rufus you can create bootable drive for another GNU/Linux distribution such as Fedora, openSUSE, Slackware, Linux Mint, or anything else with this tutorial. This tutorial explains UNetbootin for GNU/Linux and macOS users, while Rufus is for Windows users.

Unetbootin is a burning tool for ISO to create bootable USB drive. It is open source and licensed under GNU GPL version 2. Unetbootin is a software by Geza Kovacs. Unetbootin official site is on Sourceforge, Launchpad Translations, and it has Github page (if you want to contribute). This article will show you how to install and use Unetbootin on Ubuntu.

Unetbootin Main Window