We start off our list with Rufus which is arguably one of the most popular bootable USB creation utilities. Here are some of the widely-used utilities for creating a bootable USB drive from an ISO file in Linux desktop systems. Some will even go further and let you create a multi-boot USB drive where you get to choose the OS that you want to install. There are quite a number of tools that can help you create a bootable USB drive. If your goal is to create a bootable medium, then creating a bootable USB drive from an ISO file remains your best option.
You are not likely to find them in modern-day laptops. CD and DVD writers are a thing of the past.