Rufus running under This Spin?

forsaken · Post by **forsaken** » Mon Oct 23, 2023 2:23 pm

I would like to say this isnt a bad aspect of Kumander Linux but just most all Linuxes in general.

People talk about Gaming and Windows compatiblity this and that but none can properly run Rufus

The day I find a distro that can run Rufus is the day I truly let M$ Windows go...

Until then it is Tiny 11 for the Rufus win

... gaming is nice but it doesnt pay the bills or put food on the table.

Cheers/Bill

forsaken · Post by **forsaken** » Tue Oct 24, 2023 7:43 am

I did use Wine first, and while Rufus does start up, I think because it cannot become "Admin" not all functions work. Same issue with Bottles (which is just another invocation of Wine.)

No, I will keep my three 4TB drives with Tiny 11 as the main boot OS and keep using powercfg.exe /hibernate off ... It isnt what I want, but it works.

Hopefully, I can get away from Windows completely before the subscription version Windows 12 hits :/

Bill

forsaken · Post by **forsaken** » Tue Oct 24, 2023 8:21 pm

LOL

I only use Ventoy to load my Linux ISOs but I have never been able to go from Windows Tiny 11 iso to Windows to Go Tiny 11 ISO.

I end up using one of my External Sabrent HDDs and if I need the drive again I can just reformat it.

I have a 128GB USB thumb drive that boots into Tiny 11 so I can run Rufus. I cant use the USB setup long term because it gives Swappiness errors

I had been in IT going on 40 years but I am disabled now. Most of my IT related data is in NTFS format. Some used to be MacOS also but I escaped from MacOS in 2018 :/

I have about 12TBs of data still to go thru. Keeping on NTFS has been best mainly because the drives are going bad :/

Anyways, I am no longer usung Kumander, it reminds me of Winders too much ... I went back to SpiralLinux

Cheers/Bill

forsaken · Post by **forsaken** » Tue Oct 24, 2023 11:30 pm

Yeah, you sound like me >< lol

I dont really have any internal hard drives either. Was IT Mainframes until 1990 then I was AIX/Unix. Played with MacOS until Apple screwed me out of 6,000 bucks on a cracked lappy screen. Whole thing was an eye opening loss

I am reinstalling Tiny 11 on my main drive until I get all my data sorted out

Linux hates drives left in Windows hibernation mode ... so I am gonna stop fighting and just stick with Winders for now. Doesnt matter, distro hopping hasnt made me happy anyways lol

Cya/Bill

audacity · Post by **audacity** » Wed Nov 01, 2023 8:11 pm

forsaken wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2023 8:21 pm LOL

I only use Ventoy to load my Linux ISOs but I have never been able to go from Windows Tiny 11 iso to Windows to Go Tiny 11 ISO.

I end up using one of my External Sabrent HDDs and if I need the drive again I can just reformat it.

I have a 128GB USB thumb drive that boots into Tiny 11 so I can run Rufus. I cant use the USB setup long term because it gives Swappiness errors

I had been in IT going on 40 years but I am disabled now. Most of my IT related data is in NTFS format. Some used to be MacOS also but I escaped from MacOS in 2018 :/

I have about 12TBs of data still to go thru. Keeping on NTFS has been best mainly because the drives are going bad :/

Anyways, I am no longer usung Kumander, it reminds me of Winders too much ... I went back to SpiralLinux

Cheers/Bill

Not true Bill, Windows boot loader does work on ventoy as I installed Windows 7 and Windows Vista on it before, and Windows 10 and 11.

JohnAlaric · Post by **JohnAlaric** » Fri Oct 24, 2025 7:45 am

Haha, I feel you! Rufus compatibility is definitely one of those Windows-only things Linux still struggles with.