Flatsonar

USB Imager

by Secu-Design®

Write many USB drives at once

Broad permissions Verified creator GPL-3.0-or-later v4.1.2
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About

USB-Imager writes a disk image to several USB drives at the same time. Connected drives are detected automatically.

Drive access is handled by the udisks2 service of the system. Entering a password is only required for writing when the policy of the distribution in use demands it.

Before writing, the image can be checked against a checksum. After writing, it is possible to verify the content of the drives.

Features:

  • Writing an image to multiple USB drives at once
  • Automatic drive detection
  • Fast writing through the sendfile() system call
  • Adjustable write buffer between 1 MiB and 4 MiB
  • Optional validation of the written image
  • Optional checksum verification of the selected image
  • Automatic unmounting of the drives
  • Warning for ISO files that do not look bootable
  • Statistics about writing time and overall speed
  • Selectable color scheme (Auto, Light, Dark)

Permissions

1 permission weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • talks to system service org.freedesktop.UDisks2
    --system-talk-name=org.freedesktop.UDisks2
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
    --socket=fallback-x11
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • access to xdg-config/kdeglobals
    --filesystem=xdg-config/kdeglobals:ro
  • talks to com.canonical.AppMenu.Registrar
    --talk-name=com.canonical.AppMenu.Registrar
  • talks to org.kde.kconfig.notify
    --talk-name=org.kde.kconfig.notify
  • talks to org.kde.KGlobalSettings
    --talk-name=org.kde.KGlobalSettings

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