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For Windows there are plenty of image/ISO creating programs, I haven't seen any in Linux yet ?

Steen Bechgaard Jensen
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    Most CD/DVD writing apps in Linux can create ISO files. Please edit your question and clarify what you are trying to do. – user68186 Jul 12 '22 at 12:26
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    Please, [edit] your question and add information on what you have tried so far. [Edit] your question title and remove the extra sentence; any detailed information should go the question body and not the title! – FedKad Jul 12 '22 at 12:34
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    "I haven't seen any in Linux yet ?" the 1st 5 that appeared on google when I searched do have the ability. What programs did you check and discard? Otherwise you will get answers including what you already checked; seems a waste of our time :) – Rinzwind Jul 12 '22 at 13:01
  • Also: https://clonezilla.org/, but an image is not a backup as you probably will not refresh if often and it is out of date after just a few minutes of using system. You may want to think about rsync or grsync. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/rsync#Grsync You can easily reinstall Ubuntu & restore your data, and a list of installed apps. http://askubuntu.com/questions/545655/backup-your-home-directory-with-rsync-and-skip-useless-folders & http://askubuntu.com/questions/40992/what-files-and-directories-can-be-excluded-from-a-backup-of-the-home-directory/40997#40997 – oldfred Jul 12 '22 at 19:22
  • Have you tried Timeshift? – Sun Dial Feb 28 '23 at 09:55

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There is a program called "Disks" in Gnome that can make an image of a disk You just need to

  • Open disks (or install from the store if you don't have it)
  • Select a disk you wanna make an image of
  • Click the 3 dots
  • Click Create Drive image (or something similar)
someonewithacat
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Make an image file of a standard Ubuntu 20.04

Besides for dd and Gnome-Disks Ubuntu image/ISO creating programs include mkusb, https://help.ubuntu.com/community/mkusb, Ventoy, https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/releases, Etcher, https://www.balena.io/etcher/.

Etcher is a Live only boot disk maker, mkusb and Ventoy will make persistent USB drives. (mkusb is simplest to use).

See also: https://askubuntu.com/a/1300542/43926

C.S.Cameron
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