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| 2009-10-31 |
Distribution Release: grml 2009.10 |
| Michael Prokop has announced the release of grml 2009.10, a bootable, Debian-based live CD featuring a collection of GNU/Linux software especially for system administrators and users of text tools: "The new stable version 2009.10 was just released. New features: 'vesamenu' bootsplash - provides an easy-to-use boot selection menu; the ISO can be installed to a device directly using dd; integration of Etherboot/gPXE; integration of GRUB; boot option 'nostartx' - if using startx as default boot option the bootoption 'nostartx' disables automatic startup of X; boot option 'ethdevice' - use specified network device for network booting (PXE) instead of default; boot option 'netscript' - use this parameter to download and run a script from a specific location...." Read the detailed release notes for a full list of new features. Download: grml_2009.10.iso (671MB, MD5, torrent), grml64_2009.10.iso (685MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2009-06-01 |
Distribution Release: grml 2009.05 |
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| Michael Prokop has announced the release of grml 2009.05, a Debian-based distribution and live CD featuring a superb collection of GNU/Linux software and scripts designed for users of text tools and system administrators: "grml 2009.05 with codename Lackdose-Allergie, available in flavours grml, grml-medium and grml-small and all of them as 32-bit and 64-bit editions, has been released. New features: boot option persistent - use persistence feature on grml; boot option findiso - dynamic version of boot option isofrom, findiso looks for the specified ISO file on all disks; boot option bsd - boot minimal MirOS BSD operating system; boot option hdt - minimalist hardware detection tool; boot option readonly - mark ALL /dev/[hs]*dX devices as read-only, this is important for forensic investigations; boot option hwspeak - probe all available speakup hardware modules...." Consult the release announcement and release notes for further details. Download: grml_2009.05.iso (682MB, MD5, torrent), grml64_2009.05.iso (699MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2008-12-02 |
Distribution Release: grml 2008.11 |
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| Michael Prokop has announced the release of grml 2008.11, a Debian-based live CD with a collection of GNU/Linux software especially for users of text tools and system administrators: "grml version 2008.11 has been released and is currently being uploaded to the mirrors. What's new? New grml-scripts: grml-chroot - wrapper around chroot with proc/sys/pts/dev file system handling; swspeak-setup - activating software speak(up) features. The grml-live build system: several new packages in the different flavour classes; improved error handling; improved checks for LZMA for different Squashfs tools; automatically activate grml-testing repository for development releases and daily snapshots. Special new features: integration of vcs_info within Zsh prompt; moved from syslog-ng to rsyslog...." Read the full release announcement and release notes for more details. Download: grml_2008.11.iso (674MB, MD5, torrent), grml64_2008.11.iso (694MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2008-02-26 |
Distribution Release: grml 1.1 |
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| Michael Prokop has announced the release of grml 1.1, a Debian-based distribution with a large collection of GNU/Linux software especially for users of text tools and system administrators: "grml 1.1 with codename 'Skunk' is available." What's new? "Several improved, updated and extended configuration files; new grml-scripts: arename.pl - rename audio files by looking at a file's tagging information, grml-live - build framework based on FAI for generating a grml and Debian-based Linux live system, grml-paste - command line interface for paste.grml.org, grml-vnet - create persistent tun/tap devices with bridge handling; new boot parameters: micvol - configure mixer / volume settings of microphone channel, lvm - activate present logical volumes (LVM), nolvm - completely disable LVM code/checks...." Please see the release announcement and release notes for more details. Download: grml_1.1.iso (620MB, MD5, torrent). A new 64-bit edition, grml64 version 0.2, is also out: grml64_0.2.iso (623MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2007-12-29 |
Development Release: grml 1.1 RC1 |
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| Michael Prokop has announced the first release candidate for grml 1.1, a Debian-based live CD containing a large collection of GNU/Linux software and custom scripts for system administrators: "The first release candidate of grml 1.1 is available. New features: several improved, updated and extended configuration files; new grml-scripts (arename.pl - rename audio files by looking at a file's tagging information, grml-live - build framework based on FAI for generating a grml and Debian-based live system); new boot parameters; grml2hd (install grml to harddisk); grml-terminalserver (boot grml via network); special new features (all grml ISOs are automatically generated using the new grml-live framework, Squashfs with LZMA support, X.Org 7.3, glibc 2.7)...." Read the release announcement and release notes for a detailed description of all new features. Download: grml_1.1-rc1.iso (619MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2007-05-19 |
Distribution Release: grml 1.0 |
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| Michael Prokop has announced the final release of grml 1.0, an excellent Debian-based live CD with custom scripts for a variety of rescue and system analysis tasks: "grml 1.0, code name 'Meilenschwein' available. The new grml release brings 109 new packages, many new features and several improved, updated and extended configuration files. New grml-scripts: alignmargins - adjust the margins and the position of the printed contents on the paper; dirvish-setup - a simple script for setting up a basic configuration for the backup software dirvish; grml2ram - copy compressed GRML image to RAM when running grml already; grml-quickconfig - get fast access to some basic grml-scripts...." Please read the release notes for a full list of new features. Download: grml_1.0.iso (696MB, MD5); also available via BitTorrent. The project's first 64-bit edition, as well as an updated mini edition, are also available. |
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| 2006-12-06 |
Distribution Release: grml 0.9 |
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| Michael Prokop has announced the final release of grml 0.9, a Debian-based live CD designed for system administrators and users of text tools: "We have a new release: grml 0.9 with codename 'Dioptrienotto'." Some of the new features include the following: "updated to X.Org 7.1.1; Unicode support; added FreeDOS 1.0 from the Balder project; new handling for added and removed devices; split package grml-etc into grml-etc + grml-etc-core (the latter one provides the core configuration files for e.g. zsh, Screen and Vim); boot option 'grub' boots into 'The All In One Boot Floppy' (which provides Grub)." More information in the release announcement and release notes. Download via BitTorrent or directly from this FTP server: grml_0.9.iso (693MB, MD5). A new version of the project's minimalist edition, called 'grml-small', is also available. |
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| 2006-11-28 |
Development Release: grml 0.9 RC1 |
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| Michael Prokop has announced the release of grml 0.9 RC1, a Debian-based live CD for system administrators: "The first release candidate of grml 0.9 is available." Besides several new scripts, "cheatcodes" and hard disk installation improvements, the release includes the following new features: "Updated to X.org 7.1.1; Unicode support through boot option; added FreeDOS 1.0 from the Balder project; new handling for added and removed devices; split package grml-etc into grml-etc + grml-etc-core (the latter one provides the core configuration files for zsh, Screen and Vim); boot option 'grub' boots into 'The All In One Boot Floppy'." Find more details in the release announcement and release notes. Download: grml_0.9-rc1.iso (695MB, MD5). |
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| 2006-08-14 |
Distribution Release: grml 0.8 |
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| Michael Prokop has announced the release of grml 0.8, a Debian-based live CD for users of text tools and system administrators: "grml 0.8, codename 'Funkenzutzler', is available." The long list of new features include: "install-packages-useful: a script which installs useful software on your grml system; grml-resolution: change X resolution via a simple menu frontend; updated to X.org 7.0; switched from Kaffe to Jikes and JamVM; added window managers fvwm-crystal and dwm; setup of files in /boot/grub/ to be able to install grub...." Read the rest of the release announcement for a complete list of changes and updates. Download from here: grml_0.8.iso (697MB, MD5); also available via BitTorrent. |
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| 2006-04-10 |
Distribution Release: grml 0.7 |
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| A new version of grml, a Debian-based live CD designed for users of text tools and system administrators, has been released. What's new? "bt-audio: script to connect bluetooth headset to computer; get_tw_cli: get 3ware RAID controller command line interface tool; event-viewer: program to see all fork, exec, exit, uid and gid events on a running system; VMware: disable USB and Firewire detection during boot process, load some SCSI-modules instead ; check for given MBR option and prompt for activating it if not set; changed initrd and initramfs generator from yaird to initramfs: now booting via firewire is also possible...." More details can be found in the release announcement. Download: grml_0.7.iso (699MB, MD5); also available via BitTorrent. |
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| 2006-01-23 |
Distribution Release: grml 0.6 |
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| grml is a bootable CD based on Knoppix and Debian with a collection of GNU/Linux software especially for users of texttools and system administrators. New versions of the distribution's two editions -- grml 0.6 (code name "Winterschlapfn") and grml 0.2-small (code name "Cory") -- were released over the weekend, bringing 99 new packages and many new features to the table. More details about the new packages and features are available in the two release announcements (grml 0.6 and grml 0.2-small), as well as on the project's web site. Download: grml_0.6.iso (700MB, MD5), grml_small_0.2.iso (55.8MB, MD5); also available via BitTorrent. |
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| 2005-10-24 |
Distribution Release: grml 0.5 |
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| The grml live CD is a Debian-based distribution designed especially for users of text tools and system administrators, with a good collection of rescue and system analysis utilities. Version 0.5 was released on Sunday. The release notes provide a comprehensive listing of all changes; these include kernel 2.6.13.4, updated configuration files, new grml scripts and boot parameters, as well as several new features: "Full automatic installation to hard disk; framework 'grml autoconfig': configure hardware detection; 'configuration framework': new boot parameters and scripts; integration of 'hotplug-light'; got rid of all Knoppix packages: this means you get a clean Debian unstable system with some additional packages available through the grml repository." Download from here: grml_0.5.iso (694MB, MD5); also available via BitTorrent. |
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| 2005-07-06 |
Distribution Release: grml-small 0.1 |
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| The inaugural release of grml-small, labelled as "Knoppix for sysadmins", is now available: "Initial release of grml-small, a very small version of the grml-system. Notice that there are several hacks to reduce the ISO size, so you won't find documentation and manpages on the ISO. grml-small provides support for booting via USB, see here for details. Kernel is based on vanilla kernel 2.6.12 including several patches (MPPC/MPPE, Reiser4, SquashFS,...) but, compared with the normal grml system, the kernel features have been reduced. See here for more details. To fit on a 50MB ISO the software list has been reduced of course, see section 'Debian-Information' on this page for more details, there you can find the dpkg-list too." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. Download: grml_small_0.1.iso (48.7MB, MD5); also available via BitTorrent. |
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| 2005-05-15 |
Distribution Release: grml 0.4 |
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| The grml distribution is a Knoppix-based live CD with a collection of GNU/Linux software especially for users of text tools and system administrators. Version 0.4 has been released with the following new features: "X.org server including new grml-x system ('grml-x'); Unionfs integration: full write support on CD; now it is possible to run, configure and install software without any workarounds; new init-system: switched from 'colors' to LSB-function style; iptstate running on tty10; vesafb-tng: advanced frame buffer technology; udev integration: just run 'mount /mnt/external1' to mount your USB stick; grml-terminalserver: boot grml via network (either via PXE or floppy disk)." See the release announcement for more details. Download: grml_0.4.iso (696MB). |
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| 2005-03-04 |
Distribution Release: grml 0.3 |
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| The grml distribution is a bootable CD based on Knoppix and Debian with collection of GNU/Linux software especially for users of texttools and system administrators. It provides automatic hardware detection and it can be used as a rescue system or for analysing systems and networks. Version 0.3 was released today: "Release 0.3 - code name 'Hustenstopper'. Fixed several bugs. Improved hardware detection. Several improved, updated and extended configuration files. Special new features: use of udev (Linux configurable dynamic device naming support); multitail running on tty12; grml-templates: this package includes several templates for use with LaTeX, C, C++, Qt, tpp, Makefile,...; showing cpu-status inside GNU screen." More details are available in the release announcement. Download: grml_0.3.iso (694MB).
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| 2005-01-10 |
Distribution Release: grml 0.2 |
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| grml is a Debian-based live CD with a collection of GNU/Linux software especially for users of text tools and system administrators. Version 0.2 (code name "Satura") has been released; this is from the release announcement: "Special new features: CPU-detection on startup and start of cpudyn/powernowd depending on type of CPU; htop running on tty11; improved zsh configuration (prompt, completion,...); zsh-lovers (see 'man zsh-lovers') updated and available in; PDF-, PS- and HTML-format; grml2hd: install grml to hard disk. Updated all packages to Debian Unstable branch by 20050109. Updated boot parameter 'memtest' to Memtest86+ V1.40...." Visit the project's web site to find out more. Download: grml_0.2.iso (700MB).
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| September 2009 |
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At one point or another gamers can hit the wall when using other OS systems such as Linux and Mac, as Windows has always been renowned as the OS of choice for the gaming community. In a lot of cases this has changed somewhat over the last few years with the use of virtualization software that helps to bridge that gap, and it can be quite successful to a point. Of course, when you virtualize another OS you can lose some of the performance, than say running a game natively, and with slowdowns and bugs comes frustration. We have listed a few resources that we think are worth a mention for different types of gamers, both online multiplayer and single player, see what you think:
- World of Goo. This is a great puzzle game that will keep you busy for hours, there's also a free playable demo version.
- If you're a online poker enthusiast we can recommend you check out the pokerlistings.com Linux poker page, it has a list of poker apps that are compatible with your OS.
- For the MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) crowds you could always take a look at Vendetta online, "thousands of people can play together, at the same time, in a single, persistent universe", sounds great!
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