SUSE Studio ImageWriter
The facts below are what the maker publishes about SUSE Studio ImageWriter, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From SUSE Studio ImageWriter's own pricing page, checked 5 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Utility for writing raw disk images and hybrid ISOs to USB keys · GPL-2.0-only |
The facts
Each one read from SUSE Studio ImageWriter's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Integration
- The project uses HAL, udisks1, or udisks2 for Linux device handling, depending on the selected build option.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Latest listed Package Hub release
- Package Hub lists version 1.10.1432200249.1d253d9-bp157.1.4 for SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP7, released 2025-04-20.checked 5 Oct 2026
- License
- The package is licensed under GPL-2.0-only.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- ImageWriter is a graphical utility for writing raw disk images and hybrid ISOs to USB keys.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Support contact
- The Package Hub page lists [email protected] as its contact address.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Supported package architectures
- The SUSE Package Hub lists AArch64, ppc64le, s390x, and x86-64 builds for SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP2 through SP7.checked 5 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Kiosk mode
- The -k option enables kiosk mode, which ignores large hard drives and labels unknown USB sticks as “SUSE Studio”.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Linux build options
- The project README documents Linux builds using HAL, udisks1, or udisks2.checked 5 Oct 2026
- USB device targeting
- The project README describes kiosk mode as ignoring large hard drives when selecting devices.checked 5 Oct 2026
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