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Rufus running under This Spin?
Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2023 2:23 pm
by forsaken
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
Rufus running under This Spin?
Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2023 7:43 am
by forsaken
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
Rufus running under This Spin?
Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2023 8:21 pm
by forsaken
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
Rufus running under This Spin?
Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2023 11:30 pm
by forsaken
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
Rufus running under This Spin?
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2023 8:11 pm
by audacity
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.
Rufus running under This Spin?
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2025 7:45 am
by JohnAlaric
Haha, I feel you! Rufus compatibility is definitely one of those Windows-only things Linux still struggles with.