Rufus 4.4 has now been released:
Add workaround for distros that use broken symbolic links as their UEFI bootloaders (such as Mint 21.3)
Add support for GRUB 2.12
Fix a crash when saving .ffu images
Fix UEFI:NTFS partition not being added, in MBR mode, for some Linux ISOs
Prevent Microsoft Dev...
Yes it does when you enable the TPM/SB/RAM bypass in the Windows User Experience.
If you're not sure, remember that you can find very detailed information about what Rufus is doing from its log (click on the blue notebook icon or press Ctrl-L), where you will see something like:
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Applying...
Rufus 4.3 has been released:
Add support for Rock Ridge symbolic links preservation when NTFS is used
Add an exception to enforce NTFS for Linux Mint's LMDE
Add an expert feature to restrict a Windows installation to S Mode
Fix persistence support for Debian 12 when booted in BIOS mode
Fix a...
Yup, that's because Rufus determines whether it should run in portable or standard mode depending on whether there is a 'p' in the name of the executable, or if there exists a rufus.ini in the application directory. This is explained in the Rufus FAQ.
As to the reason why there was a prompt to...
If you're saying that Rufus tries to hide how it configures the media, in order to apply the customisation options selected by the user, you couldn't be more wrong. Rufus is 100% Open Source, so we are very explicit and open about what we are doing so anybody who wishes to can find exactly what...