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Do you know how to burn a single Linux ISO to 10+ USB thumb drives at the same time? Probably not, but now their is an easier solution for those of you on a Linux/Ubuntu powered device!

Code savvy folks would write a little bash script to automate the process, and a large number would use a GUI tool like the USB Startup Disk Creator to burn the ISO to each drive in turn, one by one. But the rest of us would fast conclude that neither method is ideal.

Richard Hughes, a GNOME developer, faced a similar dilemma. He wanted to create a number of USB drives pre-loaded with an OS, but wanted a tool simple enough for someone like his dad to use.

His response was to create a brand new app that combines both approaches into one easy to use tool.

It’s called “GNOME MultiWriter” and lets you write a single ISO or IMG to multiple USB drives at the same time.

It nixes the need to customize or create a command line script and relinquishes the need to waste an afternoon performing an identical set of actions on repeat.

All you need is this app, an ISO, some thumb-drives and lots of empty USB ports.

Install GNOME Multi Writer on Ubuntu

Manually install GNOME MultiWriter

Hughes, the developer, says it supports up to 20 USB drives, each being between 1GB and 32GB in size.

The drawback (for now) is that GNOME MultiWriter is not a finished, stable product. It works, but at this early blush there are no pre-built binaries to install or a PPA to add to your overstocked software sources.

If you know your way around the usual configure/make process you can get it up and running in no time. On Ubuntu 14.10 you may also need to install the following packages first:

sudo apt-get install gnome-common yelp-tools libcanberra-gtk3-dev libudisks2-dev gobject-introspection

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