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VLOS (Vidalinux Desktop OS) was a powerfull, stable and easy-to-use Linux distribution. The desktop components are based on the best projects of the open source community including the GNOME desktop environment, Firefox browser, Evolution mail and calendar client, Gentoo Linux system and portage package manager. VLOS includes additional multimedia and productivity applications for the home user including media players, browser plugins for Flash, RealPlayer, PDF viewer, media, graphics design and administration tools.
Status: Discontinued
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2013-12-13 |
NEW • Distribution Release: GParted Live 0.17.0-1 |
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Curtis Gedak has announced the release of GParted Live 0.17.0-1, a new version of the Debian-based live CD with tools for disk management and data rescue tasks: "The GParted team is proud to announce a new stable release of GParted Live. This release marks the first time that GParted can resize some file systems (Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, LVM2 pv, NILFS2, ReiserFS, and XFS) while these are online (mounted). This release also includes a number of bug fixes and language translation updates. Items of note include: based on the Debian 'Sid' repository as of 2013-12-13; updated Linux kernel to 3.11.10. GParted 0.17.0 which includes: add support for online resize; recognize Linux swap suspend and software RAID partitions; fix busy detection for Linux software RAID and extended partitions; turn on resize2fs progress bar." The release announcement. Download links (SHA256): gparted-live-0.17.0-1-amd64.iso (169MB), gparted-live-0.17.0-1-i686-pae.iso (168MB), gparted-live-0.17.0-1-i486.iso (167MB). |
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About GParted Live
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GParted Live is a live distribution with a single purpose - to provide tools for partitioning hard disks in an intuitive, graphical environment. The distribution uses X.Org, the light-weight Fluxbox window manager, and the latest 4.x Linux kernel. GParted Live runs on most x86 machines with a Pentium II or better.
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2025-07-13 |
Distribution Release: GParted Live 1.7.0-8 |
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Curtis Gedak has announced the release of GParted Live 1.7.0-8, a new stable release of the project's Debian-based specialist live CD designed for disk partitioning and data rescue tasks. This release release drops support for 32-bit processors due to Debian's decision to no longer pack i386 Linux kernel and it also updates the Linux kernel to version 6.12.37. "The GParted team is pleased to announce a new stable release of GParted Live. This release includes GParted 1.7.0, updated packages and other improvements. Items of note include: only amd64 (x86-64) images are available going forward - as mentioned in the Debian release mailing list, dropping i386 kernel packages, the i386 Linux kernel packages were dropped in our upstream, Debian 'Sid' repository, hence i686/i686-pae GParted Live will be no more in the future; from this release on, only amd64 (x86-64) release will be available; includes GParted 1.7.0; implemented a mechanism to reduce the possibility of random order of block devices in GParted Live; based on the Debian 'Sid' repository as of 2025-07-12; Linux kernel image updated to 6.12.37. X Desktop GUI fails to display with default boot options? Try Other modes of GParted Live - GParted Live (Safe graphics setting, vga-normal)." Here is the complete release announcement. Download link: gparted-live-1.7.0-8-amd64.iso (484MB, SHA512, signature, pkglist). |
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2025-01-31 |
Distribution Release: GParted Live 1.7.0-1 |
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GParted Live is a live distribution with a single purpose - to provide tools for partitioning hard disks in an intuitive, graphical environment. The project's latest release is GParted Live 1.7.0-1 which provides recognition for network block devices and Bcachefs. "Key changes include: Recognise NBDs (Network Block Devices). Add support for Bcachefs (experimental), single device file systems only. Prevent GParted probe starting LVM Volume Groups. Increase minimum required version of libparted to 3.2. Bug fixes: Recognise NBDs (Network Block Devices). Update CI jobs for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and use Rocky Linux 8. Read exFAT file system usage from exfatprogs >= 1.2.3. Fix serial number for my USB key showing binary data. Add support for Bcachefs, single device file systems only. Prevent GParted probe starting LVM Volume Groups. Fix hang searching partitions when btrfs-progs not installed. Increase minimum required version of libparted to 3.2." Details can be found in the project's release announcement and in the release notes. Download: gparted-live-1.7.0-1-amd64.iso (562MB, SHA512, signature, pkglist). |
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2024-02-29 |
Distribution Release: GParted Live 1.6.0-1 |
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Following the recent new release of the GParted disk partitioning software, the GParted Live distribution has also received an update to version 1.6.0-1. GParted Live is a specialist live CD image designed for disk partitioning and data rescue tasks; it is based on Debian's "unstable" branch. Besides GParted 1.6.0, the new version of GParted Live comes with various software updates, including that of the Linux kernel to version 6.6.15 from the most recent long-term supported branch: "The GParted team is pleased to announce a new stable release of GParted Live. This release includes GParted 1.6.0, updated packages and other improvements. Items of note include: includes GParted 1.6.0 - stop forcing 1 MiB gap when moving partition boundary right, fix crash when dealing with 0000-0000 exfat UUID; remove Attempt Data Rescue and use of gpart; based on the Debian 'Sid' repository as of 2024-02-27; Linux kernel image updated to 6.6.15. This release of GParted Live has been successfully tested on VirtualBox, VMware, BIOS, UEFI and physical computers with AMD/ATI, NVIDIA and Intel graphics." Here is the brief release announcement as published on the project's news page. Download (SHA512, signature, pkglist): gparted-live-1.6.0-1-amd64.iso (524MB), gparted-live-1.6.0-1-i686-pae.iso (480MB), gparted-live-1.6.0-1-i686.iso (479MB). |
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2023-02-23 |
Distribution Release: GParted Live 1.5.0-1 |
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GParted Live is a live distribution with a single purpose - to provide tools for partitioning hard disks in an intuitive, graphical environment. The project's latest release is GParted Live 1.5.0-1 and includes fixes for handling Btrfs and NTFS filesystems. The release announcement reads: "The GParted team is happy to announce a new stable release of GParted Live. This release includes GParted 1.5.0, updated packages and other improvements. Items of note include: includes GParted 1.5.0; fix path used to resize Btrfs, needs to be a directory; fix crash when copying NTFS to starting beyond 2TB; enable repair when checking exFAT file systems; based on the Debian 'Sid' repository as of 2023-02-22; Linux kernel image updated to 6.1.12. This release of GParted Live has been successfully tested on VirtualBox, VMware, BIOS, UEFI and physical computers with AMD/ATI, NVIDIA and Intel graphics." The release notes and changelog offer additional information. Download (SHA512, signature, pkglist): gparted-live-1.5.0-1-amd64.iso (488MB), gparted-live-1.5.0-1-i686-pae.iso (439MB), gparted-live-1.5.0-1-i686.iso (439MB). |
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2022-11-04 |
Distribution Release: GParted Live 1.4.0-6 |
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Curtis Gedak has announced the release of GParted Live 1.4.0-6, an updated build of the project's Debian-based specialist live CD designed for disk partitioning and data rescue tasks. This release updates the Linux kernel to version 6.0.6 and expands the included software with various useful items, such as Nmap or Samba client: "The GParted team is happy to announce a new stable release of GParted Live. This release includes GParted 1.4.0, updated packages and other improvements. Items of note include: based on the Debian 'Sid' repository as of 2022-11-03; Linux kernel image updated to 6.0.6; more packages added - this includes vim, pv, htop, bmon, nmon, zutils, pigz, xz-utils, zstd, zip, unzip, colordiff, xxd, vbindiff, cifs-utils, smbclient, nmap, xrdp, rdesktop, usbutils, vlan, parallel. This release of GParted Live has been successfully tested on VirtualBox, VMware, BIOS, UEFI and physical computers with AMD/ATI, NVIDIA and Intel graphics." Visit the project's news page to read the release announcement. Download (SHA512, signature, pkglist): gparted-live-1.4.0-6-amd64.iso (484MB), gparted-live-1.4.0-6-i686-pae.iso (451MB), gparted-live-1.4.0-6-i686.iso (451MB). |
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2022-03-30 |
Distribution Release: GParted Live 1.4.0-1 |
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Curtis Gedak has announced the release of GParted Live 1.4.0-1, a new stable release of the project's Debian-based specialist live CD designed for disk partitioning and data rescue tasks. This release updates the GParted partitioning utility to version 1.4.0: "The GParted team is pleased to announce a new stable release of GParted Live. This release includes GParted 1.4.0, updated packages and other improvements. Items of note include: includes GParted 1.4.0; add labelling of mounted Btrfs, ext2/3/4 and XFS file systems; fix detection of mount points for encrypted file systems; fix crash scrolling quickly in the drive selection combobox; add bcache detection; add JBD external ext3/4 journal detection; based on the Debian 'Sid' repository as of 2022-03-29; Linux kernel image updated to 5.16.14. This release of GParted Live has been successfully tested on VirtualBox, VMware, BIOS, UEFI and physical computers with AMD/ATI, NVIDIA and Intel graphics." Continue to the release announcement for further details. Download (SHA512, signature, pkglist): gparted-live-1.4.0-1-amd64.iso (444MB), gparted-live-1.4.0-1-i686-pae.iso (418MB), gparted-live-1.4.0-1-i686.iso (418MB). |
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2021-07-23 |
Distribution Release: GParted Live 1.3.1-1 |
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Curtis Gedak has announced the release of GParted Live 1.3.1-1, the latest update to the project's Debian-based live CD image containing a variety of specialist disk partitioning and data rescue utilities: "GParted Live 1.3.1-1 stable release. The GParted team is pleased to announce a new stable release of GParted Live. This release includes GParted 1.3.1, updated packages and other improvements. Items of note include: includes GParted 1.3.1; fix recognition of SD and MMC device names; make XFS copy duplicate the file system label and UUID; based on the Debian 'Sid' repository as of 2021-07-20; Linux kernel updated to 5.10.46; added the gvfs package. This release of GParted Live has been successfully tested on VirtualBox, VMware, BIOS, UEFI and physical computers with AMD/ATI, NVIDIA and Intel graphics. Note that the default boot options might fail to display an X Desktop such as on old Acer Aspire laptops. The workaround is to select Other modes of GParted Live and choose GParted Live (Safe graphics setting, vga-normal)." Here is the complete release announcement. Download (SHA512, signature, pkglist): gparted-live-1.3.1-1-amd64.iso (396MB), gparted-live-1.3.1-1-i686-pae.iso (383MB), gparted-live-1.3.1-1-i686.iso (382MB). |
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2021-05-05 |
Distribution Release: GParted Live 1.3.0-1 |
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GParted Live is a business card-size live CD distribution with a single purpose - to provide tools for partitioning hard disks in an intuitive, graphical environment. The project's latest release, GParted Live 1.3.0-1, improves exFAT filesystem support, makes it possible to resize LUKS2 encrypted volumes, and fixes a number of potential crashes. "This release of GParted includes enhancements, bug fixes and language translation updates. Key changes include: Support resizing open LUKS2 encryption mappings; improve exFAT support such as read FS usage and set UUID; fix crash in Create New Partition dialog when changing type; avoid GParted hanging when non-named device is hung. Bug Fixes: Stop GParted hanging when non-named device is hung; avoid detecting exfat-utils commands as exfatprogs commands; Add support for reading exFAT usage and updating the UUID; fix minor typos in docs (!68) and comments; add Ukrainian translation of docs; fix test suite failing in test_PipeCapture." Additional information can be found in the project's release announcement and in the release notes. Download: gparted-live-1.3.0-1-amd64.iso (390MB, SHA512, signature, pkglist). |
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2021-01-28 |
Distribution Release: GParted Live 1.2.0-1 |
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GParted Live is a business card-size live CD distribution with a single purpose - to provide tools for partitioning hard disks in an intuitive, graphical environment. The newest release from the project, GParted Live 1.2.0-1, features exFAT support, an updated kernel, and a systemd fix. The release announcement provides the following details: "This release includes GParted 1.2.0, updated packages, and other improvements. Items of note include: Includes GParted 1.2.0; add exFAT support using exfatprogs.Wait for udev change on /dev/DISK when erasing signatures; don't try to mask non-existent systemd xe2x97x8f.service; based on the Debian 'Sid' repository as of 2021-01-26; Linux kernel updated to 5.10.9. Known issue: boot option 'Other modes of GParted Live, GParted Live (Failsafe mode)' fails to enter graphic mode when booting from UEFI mechanism, while it's OK when booting from legacy BIOS. This release of GParted Live has been successfully tested on VirtualBox, VMware, BIOS, UEFI and physical computers with AMD/ATI, NVIDIA and Intel graphics." Download (SHA512, signature, pkglist): gparted-live-1.2.0-1-amd64.iso (387MB), gparted-live-1.2.0-1-i686-pae.iso (369MB), gparted-live-1.2.0-1-i686.iso (369MB). |
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