Formatting a usb thumb drive in ubuntu is not as straight forward as windows but it can easily be done once you know how. Above, is the graphical way but the links below are for those who want to do it from the command line or terminal.

FORMATTING USB FROM TERMINAL IN UBUNTU I
FORMATTING USB FROM TERMINAL IN UBUNTU II

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