That would be the case if the GUI one would be a wrapper for the CLI utility.
It depends how privacy conscious you are. They arenāt stealing data or anything but definitely over the line for me from a privacy perspective.
It was first reported in 2018:
Here is another:
Here are the reported sites they were connecting to:
https://www.googletagmanager.com
https://www.google-analytics.com
https://d1l6p2sc9645hc.cloudfront.net
https://api.mixpanel.com
https://data.gosquared.com
https://data2.gosquared.com
https://google-analytics.com
https://googletagmanager.com
https://connect.facebook.com
https://www.facebook.com
The final straw for me was where they acknowledged that their opt-out settings were broken but basically said they had other priorities to work on first.
Things didnāt get all that much better over a year later:
Since then, I have been unwilling to trust them from a privacy perspective. There are too many other alternative flashing tools out there.
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Test for yourself, try a big ISO etcher vs dd. I am not talking about a 5% speedup. More like 2x performance. I have never looked into why that is so it may be possible to optimize dd in a similar manner.
Well, I will. Even if that means installing that spyware 
Hmm you are right, Iāve noticed they are showing adds, but I didnāt think they need to call google and others like them to show those ads.
Popsicle looks great: simple, minimalā¦ great. Instant switch! 
One more thing:
$ sudo pacman -Rsnc etcher
checking dependencies...
Packages (1) etcher-1.5.94-1
Total Removed Size: 223,54 MiB
:: Do you want to remove these packages? [Y/n]
:: Processing package changes...
(1/1) removing etcher [##############################################################] 100%
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
(1/3) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
(2/3) Updating icon theme caches...
(3/3) Updating the desktop file MIME type cache...
223MB for a simple utility like that. Now thatās bloat. I hate Atom.
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My balena-etcher build failsā¦
Installing dependencies
npx: installed 435 in 7.216s
npm ERR! cb() never called!
npm ERR! This is an error with npm itself. Please report this error at:
npm ERR! <https://npm.community>
npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! /home/ana/.npm/_logs/2020-06-01T16_03_59_642Z-debug.log
make: *** [Makefile:97: electron-develop] Error 1
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
Aborting...
checking dependencies...
:: nodejs optionally requires npm: nodejs package manager
Have you tried the `status=progress` flag?
Thatās what refuses to work well. I t usually start OK, then after a while it appears to freeze, although it does continue to the end. I end up going for a smoke break, and then reading a book, and then seeing if it finished! At least adding the beep helped a bit (sometimes I could hear it while reading).
Yes, it does that. It never was taking too long though, but maybe I just had nothing to compare it to. It is a simple core utility and works for my simple expectations.
With this balena not building I am going to be stuck forever with dd it seems 
Well - I find mintstick OK, and Iām going to have a look at popsicle (now that Iāve heard of it). I was slow to change from burning a DVD, so Iām not up-to-date 
Come to think of it, that applies to more than getting ISOās ready to use!
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It is working for me. Are you using the standard version of npm and is your system otherwise up to date?
I donāt know.
ana % yay balena-etcher I
1 aur/balena-etcher 2:1.5.95-1 (+196 8.08%)
Flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives, safely and easily
==> Packages to install (eg: 1 2 3, 1-3 or ^4)
==> 1
:: Checking for conflicts...
:: Checking for inner conflicts...
[Repo Make: 5] semver-7.3.2-1 node-gyp-6.1.0-1 npm-6.14.5-1 oniguruma-6.9.5_rev1-1 jq-1.6-2
[Aur: 1] balena-etcher-2:1.5.95-1
==> Remove make dependencies after install? [y/N] y
1 balena-etcher (Build Files Exist)
==> Packages to cleanBuild?
==> [N]one [A]ll [Ab]ort [I]nstalled [No]tInstalled or (1 2 3, 1-3, ^4)
==> n
:: PKGBUILD up to date, Skipping (1/1): balena-etcher
1 balena-etcher (Build Files Exist)
==> Diffs to show?
==> [N]one [A]ll [Ab]ort [I]nstalled [No]tInstalled or (1 2 3, 1-3, ^4)
==> n
:: Parsing SRCINFO (1/1): balena-etcher
[sudo] password for ana:
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
Package (5) New Version Net Change
community/jq 1.6-2 0.65 MiB
community/node-gyp 6.1.0-1 6.35 MiB
community/npm 6.14.5-1 20.48 MiB
community/oniguruma 6.9.5_rev1-1 0.83 MiB
community/semver 7.3.2-1 0.08 MiB
Total Installed Size: 28.39 MiB
:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
Just updated it (2 packages) and will try again.
It is successfully installed
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As a Gnome head, I have been using ādisksā for years with no problems what so ever.
Highlight the target USB drive, click on Options, then Restore Disk Image, then navigate to the source ISO. I donāt know about speed, but it is very reliable.
Pudge
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Try the package in the official repository:
Edit: nevermind this, itās not going to show like that in EOS. I was sure itās in the Arch repos, but itās actually in the Manjaro repos.
I didnāt know that thereās another one. I already installed from AURā¦
Trying to measure itās speed, but not sure how to do that with a gui app to be honest. I set a timer for 10 mins (given that dd needs ~5 mins), but it didnāt even get to 40%ā¦
Now itās super-precise and scientific seconds=0;while true; do ((++seconds)); sleep 1;done 
Going to stop it manually when it finishes.
Flashing it on an oldest USB stick with the whole 8GB (this thing is ancient) I could find, so it can be seen better.
Thank you for the recommendation, I didnt know Popsicle existed! Works well for me too
Hah! Iām using Disks a lot, I explicitly install it in any DE if itās not there already.
I had no clue about that feature
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I also use Etcher. Never had an issue with it.
How are you getting this to come up? I only get AUR packages.
Didnāt know about the install version. I use the app stand alone version.
cough wrong distro cough
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