Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Another Mint User Date: 10 Nov 2025 20:23:49 GMT Lines: 17 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net tLIv6rv9VvpIluB5hVRcKAwLOsam0Ngb8kZZlolarg/85UofGE Cancel-Lock: sha1:JplHbBm4ptr+CO11wJcnK7R3gVQ= sha256:54QasH9Z6OLN8TY2rRBMt8/6q4FZrRlRAHQCQe6Q2lQ= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:77270 On Mon, 10 Nov 2025 18:02:14 +0000, Andy Burns wrote: > rbowman wrote: > >> the real problem was the download from SourceForge. That website has >> more clickbait download buttons than anything I've seen lately and >> finding the right one > > Been that way for years, surprised any projects still use it ... Many people use it with no problem but Ventoy itself triggers paranoia in some people. The developer is Chinese and it contains some binary blobs. Going to a site that seems to be Malware Central finishes the job off. I'd downloaded the Linux Mint iso on the laptop and was planning to nuke the existing Lubuntu so I figured it was a good test case. Ventoy worked as advertised and doesn't appear to be a Rubber Ducky.