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Current stable (refracta9) and testing isos (refracta10) are available at:
https://get.refracta.org/



2018-09-12 New isos: xfce4, amd64 and i386
	Fixed/updated accessibility theme.
	Geany replaces medit.
	Added xsane, sane-utils, libsane-extras, synaptic package manager.
	Added some thunar custom actions.
	Fixed installer help.
	Added netdev and scanner to default user groups.
	

2018-04-19 NOTE: Faulty cli installer and missing new gui installer in 
	refracta9_xfce_amd64_beta2-20180418_0309.iso
	see: https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=8515#p8515

	Corrected in refracta9_xfce_amd64_beta2-20180419_2114.iso


2018-04-17 New isos: i386 xfce and nox
	Still fits on CD (let me know what's missing)
	LXDM replaces lightdm and slim (better language support)
	Medit replaces geany and leafpad
	Eudev, elogind
	New installer features
	- bios/uefi support in cli and graphical installers
	- full-disk encryption (encrypted /boot directory)
	- gpt disk with bios boot
	

IMPORTANT NOTE: Isos older than beta2 contain
	some packages from ceres/sid.
	File list: 
	http://distro.ibiblio.org/refracta/files/testing/not_ascii.txt

2018-01-15 refracta9_xfce_i386_beta
	Better file name.
	Replaced lightdm with slim.
	Dropped the lxde icon set.
	Replaced geany with leafpad.
	This one should fit on a CD.

2018-01-15 refracta9u_i386_beta
	Note: not from upgrade. The "u" shouldn't be there.
	Includes latest kernel, refracta tools, eudev, xfce4

2017-12-26 New no-X isos.
	Uses Devuan ASCII repositories (currently testing)
	eudev
	new installer and snapshot tools
	
login:password	user:user	root:root

Update:	
    - Forgot to exclude Recommends. Put the following line
    in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/norecommends
        APT::Install-Recommends "no";
	
    - Newer installer fixes some bugs. See the readme in the tools folder.
    https://sourceforge.net/projects/refracta/files/tools/refractainstaller-base_9.3.3_all.deb


2017-10-19 Signed SHA256SUMS file with new gpg key 094c5620


2017-07-07 Refracta-9 (pre-alpha devuan ascii, no-X) i386 iso


2016-10-12 refractasnapshot 10.0.0 is in the tools folder.


2016-10-06 refractasnapshot 9.3.4+10.0.0beta05

  * Added modules to the efi boot image to fix booting in blind mode.
  * Added force_efi mode to make efi-ready iso with grub-pc installed.
  * Changed boot splash from blue to purple.
  * Moved efi_work directory into main work_dir.


2016-09-13 Refracta-8.0_i386 has graduated from testing and is in the isohybrid folder.


2016-08-03 refractasnapshot-9.3.4+10.0.0beta03

  * Added modules to the efi boot image for more commands at grub prompt
  * Replaced "--center" with ${CENTER} so zenity will still work.
  * Added /usr/bin/xed to find_editor()
  * Fixed $text_editor so it works with /usr/bin/nano or /bin/nano.


2016-06-14 refracta2usb (2.3.0)

  * Added support for UEFI.
  * EFI files in iso get copied to usb.
  * Boot menu entries get created for syslinux and grub-efi.
  * Replaced archivemount with lsinitramfs in test for askpass.
  * Removed/disabled support for zenity. (long ago broken by yad forms)


2016-06-11 refractasnapshot-9.3.4+10.0.0beta02 has better support for uefi
           Isohybrid usb will boot with uefi.

2016-06-03 refractasnapshot-9.3.4+10.0.0beta01 has support for uefi

2016-05-31 REPLACED refracta8_xfce_i386_beta-20160402_0213.iso
	   File was CORRUPT.

See new isos, updated and gpg-signed, i386 and amd64 betas.


2016-05-26 refracta8_nox_amd64_uefi_test-20160526_2310.iso
Please test this live iso on uefi hardware to see if it boots.
Report here -
http://refracta.freeforums.org/fix-for-working-uefi-on-refractasnapshot-t493-10.html
Thanks.

2016-05-08 refractainstaller 9.1.8

Added support for slim login manager to disable autologin.


2016-05-07 refractasnapshot 9.3.3

username=<username> added to boot menu if name is not "user". 


2016-04-02 xfce-beta changes

Autologin is not working. Login user:user or root:root
Added pgup/pgdn scrolling in history.
Disabled auto-detect for usbwait. Use panel buttons to mount/unmount usb.
Edited synaptic and gparted desktop files to start with gksu instead of pkexec.
Removed (replaced) deb-multimedia packages.
Disabled autostart for wicd client.
Added libsasl2-modules to i386 so that mutt will work with gmail.
Added Refracta bookmarks and NoScript to browser, set start page and home page to blank.
Added arp-scan.
Added bluetooth support.
Disabled xscreensaver.

Discussion:
http://refracta.freeforums.org/refracta-8-jessie-based-on-devuan-t529.html


21Feb2016: refractasnapshot-9.3.2
  * Removed code for clamav init links.
  * Added chain.c32 to list of copied isolinux modules.
  * Moved check for previous init patch after greeting window.
  * Open /usr/share/initramfs-tools/init in editor, run update-initramfs
  * Replaced target/dev with "$work_dir"/dev

17Feb2016: refractasnapshot-9.3.1
  * Removed "union=aufs" from boot commands. (for stretch/sid)
  * Rename memtest86+.bin to memtest on live media, so it works.

16Feb2016: refractasnapshot-gui-9.3.0-1
  * Replaced target/dev with "$work_dir"/dev, fixes failed boot.

05Feb2016: refractasnapshot-9.3.0
  * Removed patch for /usr/share/initramfs-tools/init.
  * Added code to create static device nodes in /dev.
Note: For Stretch/Sid, remove "union=aufs" from boot command, or change it to "union=overlay".

29Nov2015: jessie-sysv-amd64 - 64-bit version. No wireshark or zenmap in this one, to keep the size below 700MB.
refracta2usb-2.0.1 - fixes some minor bugs.

26NOV2015: jessie-sysv.3 is updated version of refracted-jessie-sysv, upgraded to Devuan. (openbox, lxpanel, spacefm)

25NOV2015: Rebuilt refracta8_nox_i386 from fresh devuan debootstrap install and excluded libsystemd0 this time.

Oops! The refracta8_nox isos DO have libsystemd0 installed. It sneaked in while I wasn't paying attention. Remove it, and acpi-fakekey will go with it.

refracta8_nox isos are based on Devuan. No-X. No systemd. (Almost) No libsystemd-anything. See the readme in user's home.


SERIOUS BUG in refractasnapshot-9.2.0 deletes network config files on host instead of in filesystem copy.
FIXED in 9.2.1
http://refracta.freeforums.org/refractasnapshot-9-2-0-t515.html?sid=a63d60100270a352af3cb527249513a1#p4951

refractasnapshot-9.2.1 works in jessie and wheezy. (Moved to tools folder)

refractainstaller 9.1.4-1 fixes grub-install to partition.

refractainstaller-base-9.1.5 pauses before grub-install. Added grub-efi to deps to allow testing uefi install (manually).

refractasnapshot-9.1.6 works on wheezy and jessie/sid, patches initramfs-tools for non-systemd. No uefi support in this one.

refractasnapshot-9.1.5+10.0.0~beta03: Fixed a typo in xorriso command.

refractainstaller 9.1.4 adds support for additional separate partitions. (in addition to /boot and /home)

refractasnapshot-9.1.5+10.0.0~beta02: Fixed dependencies so it installs on Wheezy. Moved the $uefi_opt in xorriso command, so it boots uefi.

refractasnapshot-9.1.5+10.0.0~beta01 should create a uefi-aware iso. Please test it on amd64 jessie and uefi bios. Report results at http://refracta.freeforums.org/uefi-awareness-t476.html
This version also patches /usr/share/initramfs-tools/init so that non-systemd isos will boot.

md5sum jessV_amd64_nox-20141225_0913.iso c954765771da7e5c7d3814daac88540a
Isos older than Dec 9 need latest versions of refractainstaller and refracta2usb. Download and install the debs.
Source: readme.testing, updated 2019-05-31