Beginner tip: making a bootable USB drive in Mint 21.2

[rc45]

Making a bootable USB drive (e.g. for installing Linux on another computer) in Mint 21.2 is really easy: the included tool can do almost everything for you.
Just download the .iso file, right-click on it & select 'Make bootable USB'.
You can also check the integrity & authenticity of the .iso file within the tool (see the 'Verify' button in the picture),

which isn't currently spelled out in the official installation Guide; you'll need to download the checksum .txt & .gpg files into the same folder as the .iso file to do this.
But with this version of the app/tool the whole thing could hardly be easier - another example of the great included software of Linux Mint!
Hope this helps someone.

(edited for clarity, accuracy & detail)

[SMG]

Making a bootable USB drive (e.g. for installing Mint on a computer) in Mint is really easy: there is a specific tool for it.
Just download the .iso file, right-click on it & select 'Make bootable USB'.
That's all! You can even check the integrity & authenticity of the .iso file within the tool. It could hardly be easier.
Hope this helps someone.

Or you could just follow the Linux Mint Installation Guide.

[rc45]

Or you could just follow the Linux Mint Installation Guide.

Yes, but if someone already has Mint installed, then using the included app is quicker & easier, and I hadn't seen the presence or use of it pointed out recently.

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... I hadn't seen the presence or use of it pointed out recently.

That is because you didn't click the link I provided. Click it. Then under the Live Boot heading click the "Create the bootable media" link. The first option explains how to do it in Linux Mint with screenshots of the tool.

Here is the direct link to that page.

[rc45]

You're not entirely correct - I actually did click on your original link, but not the page in your second link.
But your main point is of course correct ( me), it does talk about the USB Image tool there (but it doesn't mention the integrity & authenticity checks - maybe they were added later?)

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(but it doesn't mention the integrity & authenticity checks - maybe they were added later?)

There is a link to Verify your ISO image on the main installation webpage. Verifying is done before burning the ISO to the usb.

It's possible the verification page doesn't mention the tool because not all versions of the tool have all the features. I cannot do all the steps on my LM20.3 install with that tool. Some are still done through terminal.

[rc45]

Note: I've edited the title & original post to reflect the subsequent input.

[spedigre]

Hope this helps someone

This helped me immensely rc45. After managing to download ISO files for Mint 21.3 and also for Mint 21.3 "Edge" (with USB Image Writer) I struggled for the better part of a day to verify the first of these using the terminal. After reading your very helpful post, verifying the second of these files was a breeze. I had not realized before that USB Image Writer could be used to verify the check sum with a simple right click of the mouse. Now I know, thanks to you!