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 2026-01-27; Linux kernel image updated to 6.18.5; 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. The 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).