Clonezilla Live, a free and open-source disk cloning and imaging software designed for system backup, recovery, and deployment, has just released its latest stable version, 3.2.1-28.
This new release is built atop the newly released Ubuntu 25.04 “Plucky Puffin” repositories. Users can now also benefit from Linux kernel 6.14, which promises improved hardware support and performance under the hood.
Moreover, the core imaging engine, Partclone, leaps forward to version 0.3.36, plus this update also adds support for Btrfs v6.13. The DRBL‑OCS configuration now explicitly enables Btrfs support so that users can work with modern volumes right out of the box.
In addition to these major bumps, the release brings three handy new packages—libfsapfs‑utils, usb‑modeswitch, and fscrypt—directly into the Clonezilla Live environment. These tools expand filesystem forensics capabilities, improve USB device handling, and simplify encryption workflows.
Furthermore, two fresh utilities, ocs-find-live-key and an enhanced ocs-put-log-usb, ensure that log files can be neatly copied, even running entirely in RAM. By scanning for a vFAT USB key containing the “Clonezilla-Live-Version” marker, the system now reliably identifies its boot drive and preserves logs without breaking a sweat.
Transitioning to user experience improvements, the saving dialog menu and associated prompts have been refined for smoother navigation.
Moreover, a new boot‑parameter mechanism—invoked via ocs_1_cpu_udev—mitigates the random ordering of block devices by initializing udev on a single CPU before bringing up the rest. This sidesteps race conditions, reducing the chances of accidentally targeting the wrong disk during imaging sessions.
Last but not least, a pesky performance issue has been resolved: the devices list cache has been disabled after it was discovered that blkid was being invoked excessively, slowing down the program.
For more information, see the announcement. Clonezilla 3.2.1-28 is available for download at SourceForge.
