Software update: Rufus 3.0

Version 3.0 of Rufus has been released. Rufus is a Windows program that can be used to create self-starting USB sticks. Useful, for example, to install an operating system, which is faster from a USB stick than from a CD or DVD, to update the bios or to access a system that no longer wants to start. Incidentally, there are a large number of tools with which this can be done, but Rufus claims to be one of the fastest of its kind. In version 3.0, the program has been given a makeover and support for Windows XP and Vista has been discontinued.

Version 3.0 (2018.05.29):

• UI redesign to follow the flow of user operations (with thanks to Fahad Al-Riyami for the concept)
• Drop Windows XP and Windows Vista platform support
• Switch all downloads to SSL and use as the new base URL
• Add ARM64 support for UEFI:NTFS
• Fix delays when querying floppy drives during device enumeration
• Improve support of efi.img files on Linux ISOs
• Improve support for non-ISO9660 compliant openSUSE Leap ISOs
• Improve translation support and remove manual positioning
• Internal fixes and improvements