LICK v1.3.4

This release includes a fix for recent Windows 10 versions on machines that use legacy UEFI mode. It also includes a variety of code cleanups.

LICK v1.3.3

This release fixes a small bug in v1.3.2. If you have LICK v1.3 or later, it is only worth upgrading if you want to use Fatdog.

Fixes:

• Refix initrd selection logic (#32)

LICK v1.3.2

This release fixes a bug for recent Fatdog distributions, and adds some Windows 9x documentation to the README. If you have v1.3 or v1.3.1, it is only worth upgrading if you want to use Fatdog.

Fixes:

• Better initrd selection logic (#32)

Docs:

• Document 9x GUI issues (#31)

LICK v1.3.1

This release fixes two small bugs. If you have v1.3, it is not worth upgrading.

Fixes:

• Remove random static in lickgrub.lst, making grub4dos' timeout work properly again. (#30)
• Fix Windows 95 support.

LICK v1.3

This release allows installing Puppy Linux from a mounted CD, or from a directory (of an extracted ISO). This makes putting LICK directly on ISOs more useful.

This release also includes a few fixes and a bunch of code cleanups. Most of this work makes future improvements to LICK easier, especially surrounding the UI and error handling.

Features:

• Install from CDs and directories
• Use the Windows drag and drop API directly

Fixes:

• Fix some errors that led to crashes

LICK v1.2

This includes a few cleanup items, as well as a new feature: support for systems that only boot /EFI/Boot/bootx64.efi. To use this, open the Help menu and go to "Nothing happens on reboot".

Features:

• Support machines that only support booting /EFI/Boot/bootx64.efi (#11, #13). Special thanks to Wognath for reporting and testing this.
• Grub2 is now a standalone file, installed using bcdedit. This should make installing and uninstalling the bootloader faster on UEFI systems, as well as making installing or uninstalling LICK faster on all systems.

Fixes:

• Don't include leading slash for psubdir (#8).
• Libarchive has been updated to 3.3.1.
• Grub2 has been updated to 2.02 (#9).

LICK v1.1

This release brings a few fixes, as well as a new feature.

Features:

• Add version flag to cli.
• Add about dialog to gui.

Fixes:

• Correctly install on 9x/NT systems when Windows is on a different drive than config.sys/boot.ini.
• Don't delete the grub menu when uninstalling the bootloader if it has valuable contents.
• Fix grub4dos, allow it to search for lickmenu.lst on all drives.

If you are upgrading, you do not need to uninstall anything before upgrading. Simply download and install the v1.1 exe to the same location as your current installation.

LICK v1.0

LICK is a Puppy Linux installer for Windows. It configures Windows and Puppy Linux to dual-boot environment in just a few clicks. This makes it perfect if you want to try out Linux without the hassle of installing.

LICK is versatile: it can be run on almost any version of Windows, from Windows 95 to Windows 10, on BIOS or UEFI.

LICK is easy to use: It does not require a CD to be burnt or a USB drive to run. Download a Puppy Linux ISO and select it in the program to install it.

LICK is developer-friendly: If you want to bring the power of LICK to your application or distribution, a command line utility and a library is available. LICK is licensed under the MIT license, so feel free to use it however you like.

After months of development and testing, LICK is finally release-ready. Download it and an ISO file of your favourite version of Puppy Linux to get started.

LICK v0.5 Release Candidate

This should be a stable build of LICK. After a bit of testing, I plan on releasing this as v1.0

LICK v0.4 Beta

LICK is getting close to being released, but there may still be some bugs. Make sure you uninstall any distributions installed via LICK before installing.