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Ventoy: Create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI Files

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285 points wilsonfiifi | 1 comments | 30 Oct 25 14:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.293s | source
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mkesper ◴[30 Oct 25 15:04 UTC] No.45760844[source]▶
The lot of (partially scary) binary blobs is still an unsolved issue: https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/issues/3224
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AnotherGoodName ◴[30 Oct 25 16:11 UTC] No.45761632[source]▶
I am actually happy reading that though. As in it's literally the authors of the tool stating "hey we have a lot of binary blob drivers, what can we do to replace these?". He then audits them and links to build instructions.

As in yeah there's precompiled binaries in this. But it's audited and each binary itself has a link to build instructions. What they are not doing is actually building everything from scratch in their build process. Ok that's a pain to do and i get it. But... i don't see anyone slipping in an unaccounted for binary here right? If every binary itself has a "here's how to build this from scratch" documentation and source it seems ok to me.

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1. mort96 ◴[30 Oct 25 16:27 UTC] No.45761837[source]▶
And crucially, since each blob is from an open source project with build instructions, it seems like you can build Ventoy completely from source if you really want.