Happy birthday, Ventoy.

Ventoy, which is an alternative to the popular USB media creation utility app Rufus, has received a major milestone update today.

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We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. As foreign as the idea has become over the years, there once was a time when computers' I/O panels were littered with many different standard ...

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