Jump to Ubuntu website to download your favorite Ubuntu desktop OS. Of course, you need to download ISO image of Ubuntu desktop. Of course hit the Partition button to format the USB drive. It will give you a warning message about formatting the USB drive. When all is set to go, just hit the Apply button. You’ll find the latest Ubuntu releases under the download section.

The first step is to download the ISO of Ubuntu or whichever Linux you want to use. Step 1: Download the ISO image of Ubuntu Linux All you need to do is to download Linux ISO, download Etcher, plugin the USB and hit the flash button. Trust me, the Etcher tool makes live USB creation a painless task. Method 1: Create live Ubuntu USB in macOS with Etcher Let’s start with the graphical method first. I am using Ubuntu in this tutorial but it should work for other Linux distributions as well.

Internet connection for downloading Linux ISO and tools.

A USB key (pen drive) of at least 4 GB in size.

I’ll also tell you how to boot from a live Linux USB on a MacBook. I am going to show you two ways of creating a live Linux USB in macOS: You have got a Macbook and want to install Ubuntu on it or perhaps on some other system. You can now quit Terminal and eject the volume.Here’s the scenario.

When Terminal says that it's finished, the volume will have the same name as the installer you've downloaded, such as Install macOS Monterey.

After the volume has been erased, you may see an alert stating that Terminal would like to access files on a removable volume.

Terminal displays the progress as the volume is being erased.

When prompted, type Y to confirm that you want to erase the volume, then press Return.

Terminal doesn't show any characters as you type.

When prompted, type your administrator password.

If the volume has a different name, replace MyVolume in the command with the name of your volume. Each command assumes that the installer is in your Applications folder and MyVolume is the name of the USB flash drive or other volume you're using.

Type or paste one of the commands below into Terminal, then press Return to enter the command.

Open Terminal, which is in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder.

Plug in the USB flash drive or other volume that you're using for the bootable installer.

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