10Nov
New stable version 2.9
with lots of improvements
I finally found enough time to release the new version I've been working on for past monthes (maybe even years).
You may not see a lot of changes but trust me, there are quite a few under the hood.
I am still amazed by how many people are using LiLi in the world. I would never have thought when I started this project for fun that one day it would be used by 6.7 million people and would create 20 millions live USB !
So thank you all for using and sharing LiLi.
Here is a list of new features/linux for LiLi 2.9.0 :
New Linux distributions supported
- Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" (Unity/KDE/Xfce/LXDE/GNOME)
- Ubuntu Studio 14.10 (DVD)
- UbuntuKylin 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn"
- CentOS 7.0 (CD)
- CentOS 7.0 (DVD) (Gnome/KDE)
- Debian Live 7.6.0 (Gnome/KDE/LXDE/Xfce/Standard)
- OpenMandriva Lx 2014.1
- Tails 1.2
- Lightweight Portable Security 1.5.5 (Deluxe)
- KNOPPIX 7.4.2
- CDlinux 0.9.7.1
- ReactOS 0.3.17
- Ubuntu 14.04.1 "Trusty Tahr" (Unity/KDE/Xfce/LXDE/GNOME)
- Edubuntu 14.04.1 (DVD)
- Mythbuntu 14.04.1 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS and Variants
- SystemRescueCD 4.4.0
- Gentoo Live DVD 20140826 x86/amd64
- Gparted Live CD 0.20.0-2
- Trisquel 7.0
- Puppy Linux 6.0 (Tahrpup)
New major features
- Improved support for 64-bit variants
- Support for ReactOS / OpenMandrivaLX / CDLinux
- Smarter autodetection of Syslinux version, INITRD and VMLINUZ files
- Retry to format 5 times instead of 1 (with 5 seconds delay)
- Retry to install boot sectors 5 times instead of 1 (with 5 seconds delay)
- Error is returned to user when formatting failed
- Autorun creation has been disabled (can be re-enabled in the advanced options)
- Code has been simplified and commented
- Storage controller in virtualbox is automatically changed to the best one (IDE or SCSI) to improve chances of booting
- Type of VM automatically set (useful for 64-bit Linux)
Improvements
- Flush old logs (keep 1 month)
- Latest AutoIT compiler 3.3.12.0
- Syslinux 5 and 6 support
- fat32Format 1.07 (GPT support + fix for boot sector when using Windows AIK's bootsect.exe)
- Use a more reliable method to fetch UUID/MBRID and physical drive numbers
- Recognition options can be changed without reselecting the ISO
- Changelog on website will give more info (new distribs, major features, improvements, fixed bugs and known bugs)
- Warning when selecting a ZIP file containing only an ISO
- Improved sourceforge download from global mirrors
- Lighter compatibility list, should be faster to load
- New languages : Armenian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Estonian, Malay, Persian (Farsi)
- Default RAM requirement for VirtualBox is now 384 MB
- Removed unmaintained/unpopular distro : Meego / WifiWay / LiveHacking /Elive / Vyatta / Vortexbox / VectorLinux / Zenwalk / Zenix / SolusOS / PureOS / BlankOn
Fixed bugs
- fix some crash when WMI was corrupted/not working
- Could not cancel download when selecting the destination folder
- Previous betas may not check for new beta availability (and option display was wrong)
- Removed windows 7/8 progress bar in taskbar because it was crashing on other OSes
- Hiren's boot / Fedora / CentOS support was broken/compromised
- Icons/names changed on all drives (autorun creation is now disabled by default)
Known Bugs
- Graphic interface may flickers or hang when LiLi is busy but usually comes back
- cannot stop a Linux download unless you shut LiLi down
- Asian characters not displaying in the progress bar