<p class="subhead">by Roderick W. Smith, <a
href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com</a></p>
- <p>Originally written: 3/14/2012; last Web page update: 3/23/2012, referencing rEFInd 0.2.2</p>
+ <p>Originally written: 3/14/2012; last Web page update: 3/26/2012, referencing rEFInd 0.2.3</p>
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<p><b>Note:</b> I consider rEFInd to be <i>alpha-quality software!</i> Although rEFIt 0.14, upon which rEFInd is based, is beta-quality, I've changed a great deal of the code, and I'm still learning about it. I'm discovering bugs (old and new) and fixing them every day or two. That said, rEFInd is a usable program in its current form on many systems. If you have problems, feel free to drop me a line.</p>
+<h2>Getting rEFInd from Sourceforge</h2>
+
<p>You can find the rEFInd source code and binary packages at <a href="http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/refind/">its SourceForge page.</a> Note that rEFInd is OS-independent—it runs before the OS, so you download the same binary package for any OS. You can obtain rEFInd in three different forms:</p>
<ul>
<li><b><a
- href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.2.2/refind-src-0.2.2.zip/download">A
+ href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.2.3/refind-src-0.2.3.zip/download">A
source code zip file</a></b>—This is useful if you want to
compile the software locally. Note that I use Linux with the <a
href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnu-efi">GNU-EFI</a> development
it.</li>
<li><b><a
- href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.2.2/refind-bin-0.2.2.zip/download">A
+ href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.2.3/refind-bin-0.2.3.zip/download">A
binary zip file</a></b>—Download this if you want to install
rEFInd on an x86 or x86-64 computer and have no need to test rEFInd
first by booting it on an optical disc. This zip file package includes
the <a href="installing.html">Installing rEFInd</a> page.</li>
<li><b><a
- href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.2.2/refind-cd-0.2.2.zip/download">A
+ href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.2.3/refind-cd-0.2.3.zip/download">A
CD-R image file</a></b>—This download contains the same files as
the zip file, but you can burn it to a CD-R to test rEFInd without
installing it first. If you like it, you can then copy the files from
<p>If you download a zip file, you'll need to extract the files with a tool such as <tt>unzip</tt>, which is included with Linux and Mac OS X. Numerous Windows utilities also support this format, such as <a href="http://www.pkware.com/software/pkzip/">PKZIP</a> and <a href="http://www.7-zip.org/">7-Zip.</a></p>
+<h2>Getting rEFInd from Your OS's Repositories</h2>
+
+<p>If you use Arch Linux, you can obtain rEFInd from its repositories, in both <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=57632">stable</a> and <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=57966">git (experimental)</a> releases. The git release is likely to include pre-release bug fixes and new features, but those features may be poorly tested or undocumented.</p>
+
+<p>To the best of my knowledge, no other Linux distribution yet includes rEFInd in its repositories. That's likely to change in time. If you hear of rEFInd being included in an OS's official package set, feel free to <a href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">drop me a line.</a></p>
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<p>copyright © 2012 by Roderick W. Smith</p>