It also incorporates GRUB 2.00 and Linux kernel 3.6.8

Dec 1, 2012 03:11 GMT  ·  By

Patrick Verner announced a couple of hours ago, November 30, the immediate availability for download of the Parted Magic 2012_11_30 Linux operating system for partitioning tasks.

Being powered by Linux kernel 3.6.8, Parted Magic 2012_11_30 includes the GRUB 2.00 boot loader, the recently released Mozilla Firefox 17.0 web browser, TrueCrypt 7.1a, CUPS 1.5.4, John the Ripper 1.7.9, and a large number of updates (see below for details).

“After two months of upgrades and bugs fixes, a new version of Parted Magic is ready for release.” said Patrick Verner in the official release announcement for Parted Magic 2012_11_30.

Highlights of Parted Magic 2012_11_30:

· Linux kernel 3.6.8; · GRUB 2.00; · Gparted 11.23.2012; · Truecrypt 7.1a; · Mozilla Firefox 17; · Tigervnc 1.2.0; · John the Ripper 1.7.9; · QT4 Fsarchiver 6.15.2; · File-Roller 3.6.1.1; · SpaceFM 0.8.3; · ClamTK 4.42; · CUPS 1.5.4; · Audacious 3.3.1; · Asunder 1.6.2; · Parcellite 1.0.2 RC5; · Screen 4.0.3; · Xfburn 0.4.3; · djvulibre 3.5.25.3; · Removed ePDFView 0.1.8; · Evince 2.32.0; · FreeRDP 1.0.1; · Kpartx 0.4.9; · Leafpad 0.8.18.1; · syslinux 4.06; · systemd 190; · Remmina 1.0.0; · ARandR 0.1.6; · xf86-video-intel 2.20.14; · FSArchiver 0.6.15; · unetbootin 581; · xf86-video-geode 2.11.14; · xfce4-screenshooter 1.8.1; · hdparm 9.43; · lxpanel 20120820; · dmraid 1.0.0 RC16; · Mesa 9.0.1; · TestDisk 6.14; · flSynclient 0.7; · FLTK 1.1.10; · Ghostscript 9.05; · Gutenprint 5.2.9; · HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 3.12.9; · Poppler 0.20.2; · net-snmp 5.6.1; · busybox 1.19.4; · xmms2 0.8DrO_o.

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Parted Magic 2012_11_30
For a detailed list of updated packages, removed packages, and fixes, please take a look at the official changelog of the Parted Magic Linux distribution.

Parted Magic is a business-card operating system based on Slackware Linux, with programs that allow you to partition hard disks with ease.

Programs like Partition Image, TestDisk, fdisk, sfdisk, dd, ddrescue, and a good documentation will help you in your partitioning tasks. Parted Magic is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). Download Parted Magic 2012_11_30 right now from Softpedia.