The developers have updated the Linux kernel to a very recent release

Jul 24, 2013 15:03 GMT  ·  By

Clonezilla Live, a Linux distribution based on DRBL, Partclone, and udpcast, that allows users to do bare metal backup and recovery, is now at version 2.1.2-24.

Clonezilla Live 2.1.2-24 is not a major release and includes only minor enhancements, bug fixes, and a brand new Linux kernel.

Highlights of Clonezilla Live 2.1.2-24:

• The underlying GNU/Linux operating system has been upgraded to a newer version. The distribution is based on the Debian Sid repository, up until July 23, 2013; • Linux kernel has been updated to version 3.10.1-1; • A program called update-nvram-efi-boot-entry has been added; • The option "-iefi" has been added in in the restoring dialog menu.

A complete changelog can be found in the official announcement.

Download Clonezilla Live 2.1.2-24 right now from Softpedia. Remember that this is a development version and it should NOT be installed on production machines. It is intended for testing purposes only.