Updates:
* syslinux updated to 4.06
* e3 updated to 2.8
* package manager: show descriptions, search for packages
* drive-icon: option to redraw/re-order icons when it gets mangled by gparted
* update wpa_supplicant to 2.0
* lxpanel updated to 0.5.12
* Linux 3.7.7
* Seamonkey-2.15.1
* Flash_Player-11.2.202.261
* Update libbluray to git 1/25/13
* Update libaacs to git 1/25/13
* Update Libvpx to git 1/29/13
* Avidemux-020213
* Gparted-0.14.1
* MesaLib-9.0.2
* xf86-input-joystick-1.6.2
* xf86-input-synaptics-1.6.3
* xf86-input-wacom-0.18.0
* xf86-video-ati-7.1.0
* xf86-video-intel-2.21.0
* xf86-video-modesetting-0.6.0
* xf86-video-nouveau-1.0.6
* Dhcpcd-5.6.7
* Pburn-3.7.15
New Features:
* Supports UEFI and Secure Boot
* Dual isohybrid: one image for ISO and flash drive, and supports UEFI/non-UEFI in a single image.
* Refind 0.6.7 (thanks Rod) UEFI bootloader with shim from Matthew Garret (mjg59)
* Boot menu (thanks smokey01 for insisting on this )
* Experimental LVM support - support savefile on LVMs
* Experimental mdadm support - support savefile on mdadm linux software raid
* "Allow read-only access to other users" in event manager (thanks Barbol)
* wvdial options for Virgin Broadband (thanks rerwin)
* autochown daemon automatically keeps all files under Downloads folder always owned by spot
* supports dm-crypt encryption (in addition to cryptoloop)
* new encryption mode: savefile will be encrypted with dm-crypt (=LUKS) by default
(old cryptoloop savefile still recognised and will be loaded properly)
* "savefile" boot option now accepts directory (in addition to a real loop-mounted savefile).
The "+" option in savefile is no longer used, use "/" instead.
* new "dofsck" boot option: check filesystems before mounting. Ext2/3/4 and FAT only.
* User Mode Linux (UML) sandbox. Just add uml_utilities and linux_uml from the repo.
* Xournal for PDF annotation
and numerous bug fixes.
The iso is now 216MB, 10MB of that is due to the UEFI support.
the main SFS is still about 200MB.
As mentioned above, it is a dual hybrid iso. So if you want to make a bootable flash drive you have two options. You can use the Fatdog64 installer to make a flash drive that's bootable only on BIOS computers. Or you can dd the iso image directly to a flash drive and it will boot on BIOS and UEFI. However the flash drive will be wiped and will not be useful for anything other than booting Fatdog64. Assuming your flash drive is sdb and you open a terminal in the same directory as the iso, you would do this to image the flash drive:
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# dd if=./Fatdog64-620beta1 of=/dev/sdb bs=4M
They have had some updates. There's a page describing the adding of keys for secure boot. Make sure you use a new save file when testing or boot with savefile=none.As always check the FAQs for questions.
You can get it from ibiblio or it's mirrors:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/fatdog/
Also, audio CDs, movie DVDs and movie BluRays are automatically opened by VLC now by clicking on the CD desktop icon. For blurays you will need to install keys.
BUG: If you choose to move your Downloads folder to a FAT or NTFS partition, you will need to disable autochown. Go to Control Panel and click on the System tab. Then click on 'Manage Servers and Services'. Select 'autochownd' and 'Stop' to stop it now and 'Disable' to have it not start on the next boot.
EDIT: There is a problem with Linux-3.7.7 and Samsung UEFI laptops that can cause them to brick. Fatdog64-620's next release will have Linux-3.7.9 which has that fixed.
EDIT2: Actually it's fixed in Linux-3.7.7 as long as you don't use the noefi boot parameter on a EFI Samsung laptop. And Beta2 will probably have 3.7.10.