GParted News Item 261

The GParted team is pleased to announce a new stable release of GParted Live.

This release includes GParted 1.8.0, updated packages, and other improvements.

Items of note include:

• Includes GParted 1.8.0
  • Fix crash due to not checking for failure to load icon
  • Fix hangs setting FAT label when matches a root folder entry
  • Erase file system signatures before all FileSystem copies
• Based on the Debian Sid repository (as of 2026/Jan/27)
• Linux image updated to 6.18.5-1
• Added a mechanism to avoid blank screen
• There is an issue with help on Virtual Machines. Specifically the menu option Help -> Contents opens and displays a black window on Virtual Machines. Workaround is to view help on documentation page.

X Desktop GUI fails to display with default boot options?
Try Other modes of GParted Live => GParted Live (Safe graphics setting, vga-normal).

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