const_void@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoThose free USB sticks in your drawer are somehow crappier than you thoughtarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1275arrow-down111cross-posted to: youshouldknow@lemmy.world
arrow-up1264arrow-down1external-linkThose free USB sticks in your drawer are somehow crappier than you thoughtarstechnica.comconst_void@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square44fedilinkcross-posted to: youshouldknow@lemmy.world
minus-squareStupendousMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·9 months agoSteve Gibson recently created a small utility to test USB drives to see if they work and actually give you the store space they claim. https://www.grc.com/validrive.htm
minus-squareCCF_100@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·9 months agoI’d like to know as well, hopefully, I’ll get a notification for leaving this comment 😝
minus-squareDuallight@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoThere’s F3. I’ve never used it but it looks decent. https://www.linuxbabe.com/command-line/f3-usb-capacity-fake-usb-test-linux
minus-squaredXq9dwg4zt@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoYes, there is one called F3 (Fight Flash Fraud).
minus-squareEmpricorn@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoMan, I haven’t visited GRC in forever! Glad to see they’re still killing it…
Steve Gibson recently created a small utility to test USB drives to see if they work and actually give you the store space they claim.
https://www.grc.com/validrive.htm
Anything similar for Linux?
I’d like to know as well, hopefully, I’ll get a notification for leaving this comment 😝
There’s F3. I’ve never used it but it looks decent. https://www.linuxbabe.com/command-line/f3-usb-capacity-fake-usb-test-linux
Yes, there is one called F3 (Fight Flash Fraud).
Man, I haven’t visited GRC in forever! Glad to see they’re still killing it…