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Ventoy source code contains some unknown BLOBs, still no word on the issue from the dev after months (github.com)
submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I had no idea this issue had been identified. While I find this tool very useful, the project is seeming rather questionable to me now.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Wtf is ventoy and why is nobody explaining it

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Basically an OS which let's you choose another OS to boot into. This way you can chose between multiple OS's on one USB drive. You drag your ISO files into a USB folder and choose between them on boot.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That sounded like grub until you said ISO file

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

Yeah basically grub but on a USB stick and with ISO files

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

So like rEFInd but on the same drive?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago

I used Ventoy (its still on my USB stick). Its actually a pretty cool concept. Normally without Ventoy, you would flash your Linux distribution on the USB stick. And then you can boot from it, right?

Ventoy instead allows you to have a folder where you put an ISO without flashing it, and then you can boot from it by selecting in the menu. You just need to flash Ventoy once, as the base system, then you can put as many ISO files into that directory. I tested it and have 7 different Linux distributions (ranging from 1 GB to 4 GB variants) on the same USB stick, and I can boot any of them without flashing again. Replacing ISO is extremely easy, just delete it and copy a new one. Filenames does not matter, anything can be found.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Wtf is a BLOB and why is nobody explaining it

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 month ago

Binary Large OBject

Basically any binary file, often objected to in open source repos because of the lack of source and 'openness'. See also the recent xz backdoor.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Binary data. In the case of lz it was a carefully "corrupted" archive.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 month ago

Because you can look it up.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

because search engines exist

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wtf is search engines and why is no one explaining it

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Search engines are websites that people used to go to in order to get helpful information. These days, they just spam out a bunch of SEO garbage, AI-generated bullshit, and ads.

Google, probably

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

shh..it's a spyware and adware!