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The process of installing OS X or macOS on a Mac hasn't changed a great deal since OS X Lion altered the delivery of the OS from optical disks to electronic downloads, using the Mac App Store. The big advantage of downloading the Mac OS is, of course, immediate gratification (and not having to pay shipping charges).

With Ubuntu 16.04 LTS inching ever closer to release, now feels like a good time to recap how easy it is to make an bootable Ubuntu USB drive.

Just like the live CD, a live Linux USB allows you to boot Ubuntu on your machine without needing to install it on your hard-drive. Live images are a useful way to test hardware compatibility (things like Wi-Fi drivers, touch-screens, etc) before committing to a full install.

In this article we show you 3 ways of making a bootable thumb drive on the 3 major desktop operating systems: Windows, OS X and Ubuntu.

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How to Create a Bootable Linux USB Drive on Windows

Our preferred tool for creating bootable Ubuntu sticks in Windows is ‘Linux Live USB Creator’ – often called ‘Lili’ for short.

The free and open-source app is incredibly straightforward to use. Just follow each step in turn. It’ll even download the .iso file for you if you don’t have one to hand.

If you don’t like this app (or can’t get it run) there are alternatives, including Rufus (Github link)

How to Create a Bootable Linux USB Drive on Mac OS X

For an OS that’s prized for its simplicity it’s strange that creating a bootable USB on a Mac is not easy.

But it’s not impossible, either.

Canonical recommend a command-line method to create a bootable USB with Ubuntu on Mac O SX. The instructions are concise though the process is involved.

For something less longwinded you could give the open-source, cross-platform UNetBootin app a go.

It has to be said that while the success rate of images created using this app is poor (you can’t use the USB’s it creates to boot a Mac, for instance) it is the ‘easiest’ way to create a bootable Ubuntu USB on Mac OS X.

Like LiLi above, Unetbootin can even automatically download a Linux distro .iso file, which is handy if you feel the itch to distro hop but don’t know exactly which flavor to try.

Remember that to boot from a USB on a Mac you will need to hold down the Alt/Option’ key during boot.

Other GUI alternatives include

How to Make a Bootable Linux USB Drive on Ubuntu

Ubuntu comes with an app to create live USB drives already installed.

Open the Dash and search for ‘USB Startup’.

Launch the app, locate your .iso file, choose your USB drive (double check it’s the correct one!) and then hit ‘install’.

You can also configure persistence though I’ve never had a USB boot when I’ve enabled this feature.

What’s your preferred method for creating bootable Linux USB drives? Let us know in the comments!

With a bootable Ubuntu USB stick, you can:

• Install or upgrade Ubuntu, even on a Mac
• Test out the Ubuntu desktop experience without touching your PC configuration
• Boot into Ubuntu on a borrowed machine or from an internet cafe
• Use tools installed by default on the USB stick to repair or fix a broken configuration

Creating a bootable USB stick is very simple, especially if you’re going to use the USB stick with a generic Windows or Linux PC. We’re going to cover the process in the next few steps.

Apple hardware considerations

There are a few additional considerations when booting the USB stick on Apple hardware. This is because Apple’s ‘Startup Manager’, summoned by holding the Option/alt (⌥) key when booting, won’t detect the USB stick without a specific partition table and layout. We’ll cover this in a later step.