How to create a bootable usb for ubuntu 16.10 with etcher

Next week the definitive version of Ubuntu 16.10 will officially arrive and surely you want to be prepared to create a bootable USB key with this distro to install it on your computer from 0 or on any other computer.

With optical drives (DVD or Blu-Ray players) increasingly in disuse, today it is much more convenient to use USB keys to perform the installation of an operating system, be it a Linux or Windows distro.

In order to create a bootable USB key from Ubuntu 16.10 (or any other Linux operating system) we are going to need a tool like Etcher.

Etcher is a free tool that we can download from the following link.

Create a bootable USB for Ubuntu 16.10

• Once we have installed Etcher, the first thing we will see when opening it will be a window where there will be only 3 steps to follow, the first is to click the Select image button to load the ISO corresponding to Ubuntu 16.10 that we will have to download previously . and we click the Open button

• We connect our USB key to the computer and the second option will appear. Let's click on the Flash button ! We have to know that the USB key must be empty, it is recommended to make a quick format before this process.

• Clicking on Flash! we just have to wait for the process to finish 100%.

Creating a bootable USB key is pretty straightforward with Etcher. Now we have a USB that can be booted to install Ubuntu 16.10 or any other worthwhile Linux distro. I hope it has been useful to you and see you next time.