From ebbc60992cedf9aaf1925ea9b90288f38f3e0bcf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roland <roland@learningselfreliance.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2026 18:58:54 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Docs: recommend Raspberry Pi Imager instead of Etcher.

Etcher is privacy-invasive; replace it in INSTALL.md, the USB upgrade
tool messages, and the live-boot ephemeral warning.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 INSTALL.md                                                    | 2 +-
 .../config/includes.chroot/usr/local/sbin/wrolpi-bootstrap.sh | 4 ++--
 scripts/wrolpi-usb.sh                                         | 4 ++--
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index 16376386..1fc77ee8 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ You will need:
 Steps:
 
 1. Download the latest `WROLPi-v*-amd64.iso` from [wrolpi.org](https://wrolpi.org).
-2. Flash the whole drive with the ISO using Etcher, Rufus, Raspberry Pi Imager, or `dd`:
+2. Flash the whole drive with the ISO using Raspberry Pi Imager, Rufus, or `dd`:
    ```
    sudo dd if=WROLPi-v<version>-amd64.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=4M status=progress conv=fsync
    ```
diff --git a/debian-live-config/config/includes.chroot/usr/local/sbin/wrolpi-bootstrap.sh b/debian-live-config/config/includes.chroot/usr/local/sbin/wrolpi-bootstrap.sh
index a9b54555..73b56557 100644
--- a/debian-live-config/config/includes.chroot/usr/local/sbin/wrolpi-bootstrap.sh
+++ b/debian-live-config/config/includes.chroot/usr/local/sbin/wrolpi-bootstrap.sh
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ progress "Preparing WROLPi..."
 # --- Detect deployment mode ---------------------------------------------
 # Three mutually-exclusive shapes:
 #
-#   direct       Live USB flashed with dd/Etcher: the ISO partition is a
+#   direct       Live USB flashed with dd/Raspberry Pi Imager: the ISO partition is a
 #                real partition on a real disk.  Create + manage a
 #                persistence partition on that disk.
 #
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ WROLPi can't safely write a persistence partition in that case, so
 everything lives in RAM and will be lost when you reboot or power off.
 
 To get a persistent install, flash the ISO directly to a USB drive
-with dd or Etcher and boot from that drive instead.
+with dd or Raspberry Pi Imager and boot from that drive instead.
 EOF
   else
     cat > "$SUMMARY_FILE" <<EOF
diff --git a/scripts/wrolpi-usb.sh b/scripts/wrolpi-usb.sh
index 68229396..913fad81 100755
--- a/scripts/wrolpi-usb.sh
+++ b/scripts/wrolpi-usb.sh
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ ERROR: the new ISO is larger than the headroom on this USB.
 
   To upgrade, you'll need to:
     1. Back up /media/wrolpi/ to another drive.
-    2. Re-flash the new ISO from scratch with dd or Etcher.
+    2. Re-flash the new ISO from scratch with dd or Raspberry Pi Imager.
     3. Restore /media/wrolpi/ from the backup.
 
   Future versions flashed from a release ≥ 0.22 reserve 8 GiB of
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ WROLPi USB without losing your files:
   1. Back up everything on the drive to another disk.
   2. Flash the whole drive with the ISO (this erases it):
        sudo dd if=<iso> of=<device> bs=4M status=progress conv=fsync
-     (or use Etcher / Rufus / Raspberry Pi Imager)
+     (or use Raspberry Pi Imager / Rufus)
   3. Boot the drive once.  WROLPi creates its persistence partition and
      sets itself up on first boot.
   4. Copy your backed-up data into /media/wrolpi/ on the running system,