moka5 LivePC Engine Update - Beta 4

Update 2 (Oct 9th, 11:30pm PT): Beta 4 has been republished on the Get Started page. We found a work around for the installer problems and are working on a permanent fix in the next beta.

Update (5pm PT): we found some potential problems with the installer for Beta 4 and have removed it from the site for now. We'll let you know when it is ready to download again. Our apologies, but we want to make sure that the experience is as smooth as possible for you.

I wanted to begin by saying thanks to everyone who has downloaded the LivePC Engine and joined the discussion on our forum! We're working hard to get the software ready for an official 1.0 release, and it's great to know what features and bugs matter most to you!

There's a new beta build of the moka5 LivePC Engine. The build number is 1.0.6752 and we've been calling it Beta 4. You can download it now from our Get Started page.

We haven't fixed everything yet and we're already busy working on Beta 5. Here's the highlights of what we have fixed in Beta 4:

• LivePC startup is now much faster when 'Let me make changes to this LivePC' is enabled.
• The UI for chosing automatic update or let me make changes has been simplified.
• Importing plainDisk VMDK files now works.
• The UI was reporting "buffering..." after buffering had been completed.

If you have an existing LivePC Engine, the Beta 4 installer will upgrade the software and keep your existing LivePCs. The first time that you run Beta 4, there may be a delay as some internal data files are upgraded to a new format.

We're posting this today as an optional download. Early next week we will make it available for automatic update to all older LivePC Engines.

Please try it out and post your feedback on the forums!

P.S. You may be wondering — what happened to Beta 1, 2, and 3? That's a long story...