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diff --git a/articles/utkirna-v1.0.0.md b/articles/utkirna-v1.0.0.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f93c978 --- /dev/null +++ b/articles/utkirna-v1.0.0.md @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +Utkirna v1.0.0 +![app](assets/images/utkirna.png) + +This is the initial release of Utkirna, a cross-platform application heavily inspired from [Win32DiskImager](https://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/) that lets you to write a raw disk image to a removable device or backup a removable device to a raw image file. It is useful for preparing bootable drives with "dd like" images for PC, SBC and embedded development boards as well for backing up such drives. +Utkirna (devanagari: उत्कीर्ण, romanized: Utkīrṇa) means "engraved" in Sanskrit. + +### The reason of its creation +I always wanted to created this sort of application for a long time, perhaps ever since [balenaEtcher](https://etcher.balena.io/) was a thing as I hated the idea of an electron app which basically mimicks what `dd` command does while consuming unnecessary amount of memory for doing such a simple task. I am aware that people don't like using `dd` due to screwing things up easier, but this certainly was not the way. Suprisingly, there are not other cross-platform applications which does similar job to my knowledge even till this day. The only application that I know that was similar to balenaEtcher is Win32DiskImager which obvious by its name, is only for Windows. Hence, this started my interest to develop similar cross-platform application which isn't made using dreaded electron. + +### Development +Earlier on, I was planning to use C with [Nuklear](https://github.com/Immediate-Mode-UI/Nuklear) (for the UI) for the development. However, as I started experimenting with [Go](https://go.dev/), I realised that it would be more sensible to use this language for desktop applications due to its simplicity yet not losing a lot of performance compared to C. And after discovering about [Fyne](https://fyne.io/) a fantastic GUI toolkit, this pretty much sealed the deal for me. + +To have some kind of idea on how these type of applications worked (on the basis of how it read or write a disk or a raw image file), Win32DiskImager greatly helped me and even clarified me on what sort of libraries would I require to accomplish this task. The only real issue I had was to implement my own Windows interfaces for some IOCTL and FSCTL operations (which is done through [DeviceIoControl](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/ioapiset/nf-ioapiset-deviceiocontrol)) as Go didn't have native support for those (which I am going to upstream someday) but it really wasn't hard to do so. + +### Features +In the current state, the program supports: +- Reading through a removable disk and saving it as a raw image file. +- Writing a raw image file or anything which is "dd compatible" to the disk. +- Verification of a raw image through the disk and vice versa. + +### Installation & Usage +Go to the [Github repository](https://github.com/arnavbhatt288/utkirna) for further instructions. + +;tags:software open-source +;description:Initial release of Utkirna diff --git a/blog/@open-source.html b/blog/@open-source.html index 4c4e7e5..bab2d5a 100644 --- a/blog/@open-source.html +++ b/blog/@open-source.html @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ img { 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<id>https://ghativega.in/atom.xml</id> <link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://ghativega.in/atom.xml"/> <entry> +<title type="text">Utkirna v1.0.0</title> +<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://ghativega.in/utkirna-v1.0.0.html"/> +<id>https://ghativega.in/utkirna-v1.0.0.html</id> +<published>2023-11-04T00:52:28Z</published> +<updated>2023-11-04T00:52:28Z</updated> +<author><name>Arnav Bhatt</name></author> +<summary type="text">Initial release of Utkirna</summary> +</entry> +<entry> <title type="text">Copyleft: The God That Failed</title> <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://ghativega.in/copyleft-the-god-that-failed.html"/> <id>https://ghativega.in/copyleft-the-god-that-failed.html</id> <published>2023-09-04T00:20:06Z</published> -<updated>2023-09-05T01:09:52Z</updated> +<updated>2023-09-04T23:18:22Z</updated> <author><name>Arnav Bhatt</name></author> <summary type="text">Copyleft: The God That Failed</summary> </entry> diff --git 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type="image/x-icon"> +<link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='style.css'> +<meta property="og:title" content="Utkirna v1.0.0"> +<meta property="og:description" content="Initial release of Utkirna"> +<meta http-equiv="pragma" content="no-cache"> +<meta http-equiv="cache-control" content="no-cache"> +<title>Ghativega</title> +<style> +img { border: none ;} +</style> +</head> +<body> +<div class="blog-content"><p><a href="index.html"><-- Back to main page</a></p> +<div id="post"> +<h2>Utkirna v1.0.0</h2> +<p>Posted on 04/11/2023 12:52:28 AM GMT</p> +<br> +<p> +<img src="assets/images/utkirna.png" alt="app"/> +</p> +<p> +This is the initial release of Utkirna, a cross-platform application heavily inspired from <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/">Win32DiskImager</a> that lets you to write a raw disk image to a removable device or backup a removable device to a raw image file. It is useful for preparing bootable drives with "dd like" images for PC, SBC and embedded development boards as well for backing up such drives. +Utkirna (devanagari: उत्कीर्ण, romanized: Utkīrṇa) means "engraved" in Sanskrit. +</p> + +<h3> The reason of its creation</h3> +<p> +I always wanted to created this sort of application for a long time, perhaps ever since <a href="https://etcher.balena.io/">balenaEtcher</a> was a thing as I hated the idea of an electron app which basically mimicks what <code>dd</code> command does while consuming unnecessary amount of memory for doing such a simple task. I am aware that people don't like using <code>dd</code> due to screwing things up easier, but this certainly was not the way. Suprisingly, there are not other cross-platform applications which does similar job to my knowledge even till this day. The only application that I know that was similar to balenaEtcher is Win32DiskImager which obvious by its name, is only for Windows. Hence, this started my interest to develop similar cross-platform application which isn't made using dreaded electron. +</p> + +<h3> Development</h3> +<p> +Earlier on, I was planning to use C with <a href="https://github.com/Immediate-Mode-UI/Nuklear">Nuklear</a> (for the UI) for the development. However, as I started experimenting with <a href="https://go.dev/">Go</a>, I realised that it would be more sensible to use this language for desktop applications due to its simplicity yet not losing a lot of performance compared to C. And after discovering about <a href="https://fyne.io/">Fyne</a> a fantastic GUI toolkit, this pretty much sealed the deal for me. +</p> +<p> +To have some kind of idea on how these type of applications worked (on the basis of how it read or write a disk or a raw image file), Win32DiskImager greatly helped me and even clarified me on what sort of libraries would I require to accomplish this task. The only real issue I had was to implement my own Windows interfaces for some IOCTL and FSCTL operations (which is done through <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/ioapiset/nf-ioapiset-deviceiocontrol">DeviceIoControl</a>) as Go didn't have native support for those (which I am going to upstream someday) but it really wasn't hard to do so. +</p> + +<h3> Features</h3> +<p> +In the current state, the program supports: +</p> +<ul> +<li>Reading through a removable disk and saving it as a raw image file.</li> +<li>Writing a raw image file or anything which is "dd compatible" to the disk.</li> +<li>Verification of a raw image through the disk and vice versa.</li> +</ul> + +<h3> Installation & Usage</h3> +<p> +Go to the <a href="https://github.com/arnavbhatt288/utkirna">Github repository</a> for further instructions. +</p> +</div> +</main><div class = footer><p>2023 ghativega.in | Powered by <a href="https://pedantic.software/git/blogit/">blogit</a> | <a href="atom.xml">Atom RSS</a></p></div></body></html> diff --git a/data/assets/images/qr.png b/data/assets/images/qr.png Binary files differdeleted file mode 100644 index 1ea3423..0000000 --- a/data/assets/images/qr.png +++ /dev/null diff --git a/data/assets/images/utkirna.png b/data/assets/images/utkirna.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..5ea4cec --- /dev/null +++ b/data/assets/images/utkirna.png diff --git a/data/donate.html b/data/donate.html deleted file mode 100644 index 6df233e..0000000 --- a/data/donate.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,40 +0,0 @@ -<!DOCTYPE html> - -<html> - <head> - <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"> - <link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='style.css'> - <meta property="og:title" content="Ghativega.in"> - <meta property="og:description" content="Personal site of arnavbhatt288."> - <meta http-equiv="pragma" content="no-cache"> - <meta http-equiv="cache-control" content="no-cache"> - <title>Ghativega - Donate</title> - <style> - img { border: none ;} - </style> - </head> - -<body> - <div class = logo><img src="assets/images/logo.png" alt="Ghativega"></div> - <ul class = navbar> - <li><a href="index.html">Home</a></li> - <li><a href="about.html">About</a></li> - <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li> - <li><a href="https://git.ghativega.in">Softwares</a></li> - <li><a class="active" href="donate.html">Donate</a></li> - </ul> - <hr> - <main> - <h3>Donate</h3> - <p>The only currency I accept for donations is Monero.</p> - <p>If you don’t have any Monero, I recommend you donate using any crypto (Bitcoin, Litecoin, or whatever) through some <a href="https://localmonero.co">crypto exchange</a>.</p> - <br> - <p>Wallet: <code>46rqYsvW4tXAbPsfACha53KBW83CsiXrKGfJneziQG3XesYu6Es72c5BuWBT482epvVBUK8ByezTj6he31ebyrgEJWchT6P</code></p> - <p>QR Code:<br><br><img src="assets/images/qr.png" alt="46rqYsvW4tXAbPsfACha53KBW83CsiXrKGfJneziQG3XesYu6Es72c5BuWBT482epvVBUK8ByezTj6he31ebyrgEJWchT6P"></p> - </main> - - <div class = footer> - <p>2023 ghativega.in</p> - </div> -</body> -</html> diff --git a/tags/utkirna-v1.0.0 b/tags/utkirna-v1.0.0 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..dfeee31 --- /dev/null +++ b/tags/utkirna-v1.0.0 @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +open-source +software |