Hellfire103@lemmy.ca to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours agodd: disk destroyerlemmy.caimagemessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1336arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squarestevedicelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 hours agoIt’s a joke. Nobody switching to Linux would organically encounter dd. There’s like a million friendlier alternatives for everything it does. (I swear to God if someone replies to me with 1 niche use case of dd that there’s no alternative to, I’m gonna kick a dog into the sun)
minus-squareblind3rdeye@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·51 minutes agoI assume Steve was also making a joke. But who knows, in this topsy-turvy world?
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoWhat’s the alternative? On Windows I use Rufus usually.
It’s a joke. Nobody switching to Linux would organically encounter dd. There’s like a million friendlier alternatives for everything it does.
(I swear to God if someone replies to me with 1 niche use case of dd that there’s no alternative to, I’m gonna kick a dog into the sun)
I assume Steve was also making a joke. But who knows, in this topsy-turvy world?
What’s the alternative? On Windows I use Rufus usually.