MINTSTICK(1)

💿 MINTSTICK — the mintstick manual, bestie edition

okay so you found mintstick(1), the User Commands page, and I'm gonna walk you through it like we're texting at 2am. it's giving "graphical app that writes .img and .iso files to USB keys" and honestly? iconic. let's go 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

mintstick — a gui only application to write .img and .iso files to USB keys 💖

like, gui only. no terminal wizardry required, bestie. that's the whole vibe.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

mintstick {[--debug] | [--help] | -m [format|iso]}

that's it. that's the shape of it. three ways in, pick your fighter 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

mintstick is a graphical application to write .img and .iso files to USB keys.

it can also format USB keys from a contextual menu in Cinammon, MATE, and KDE desktops. yes, right-click energy. no cap. 🎀

👑 OPTIONS 👑

• --debug — show status and debug messages. it's gonna be chatty, and that's the point 🗣️
• --help — print a message with basic usage information. your lil "what do i even do" moment, answered 💜
• -m iso [-i|--iso {iso_path}] — write an .img or .iso file to a USB key. the main character of the whole operation 🔥
• -m format [-u|--usb {usb_device}] [-f {filesystem}] — format a USB key. optionally, the file system can be specified here rather than through the gui. so you can be extra specific, or you can let the gui handle it, both valid ✨

lowkey note: -i/--iso wants an iso_path, and -u/--usb wants a usb_device, and -f wants a filesystem — keep those straight and you're golden 🌈

📜 LICENSING 📜

minstick is licensed under the GPLv2. see the COPYING file for details of GPL licensing. periodt. 💅

🎀 bye bestie 🎀

this page is mintstick, from the User Commands manual, dated April 2009 — yeah, she's been serving since 2009 and she still ate. mwah 💖✨🌸