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gNewSense
A product sponsored by the Free Software Foundation, gNewSense is a Debian-based Linux distribution released without any proprietary and non-free components, and several enhancements. Notably, all proprietary firmware, restricted modules and Debian logos are removed. The goal of the project is to produce a totally free ("libre") Linux distribution.
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| 2006-01-23 |
NEW • 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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| Grml is a bootable CD (live CD) based on Debian GNU/Linux. It includes a collection of GNU/Linux software especially for users of text tools and system administrators. It also provides automatic hardware detection. Grml can be used as a rescue system, for analysing systems and networks, or as a working environment. Due to on-the-fly decompression, Grml includes about 2 GB of software and documentation on the CD.
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| 2018-12-31 |
Distribution Release: Grml 2018.12 |
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Michael Prokop has announced the release of Grml 2018.12, a new version of the project's Debian-based Linux distribution focusing on the needs of system administrators: "So we did it again - we just released Grml 2018.12 'Gnackwatschn'. This Grml release provides fresh software packages from Debian 'Testing' which will be released as a stable Debian 'Buster' in 2019. As usual, it also incorporates current hardware support and fixes known bugs from previous Grml releases. Important changes: when using the 'ssh' boot option, Grml automatically starts haveged, a userspace entropy daemon which uses HAVEGE (HArdware Volatile Entropy Gathering and Expansion); the cpufrequtils package with its loadcpufreq handling has been dropped. New features: netcardconfig - added support for VLAN configuration + non-interactive mode; grml-chroot - mount /dev/pts as devpts inside chroot; grml2usb - added support for Secure Boot...." Read the release announcement and release notes for a full list of new features. Download (mirrors): grml64-full_2018.12.iso (672MB, SHA512, signature, torrent, pkglist), grml64-small_2018.12.iso (313MB, SHA512, signature, torrent). |
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| 2017-06-01 |
Distribution Release: Grml 2017.05 |
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The Grml distribution is a live disc based on Debian that includes tools for system administrators for detecting hardware, running tests and rescuing systems. The new version of the distribution, Grml 2017.05, switches from file-rc to systemd for the project's init software. This release also shifts the 32-bit build from i586 to i686. "Switch from file-rc to systemd as init system. grml-live (the build system for creating Grml-based Linux live systems) still supports non-systemd systems using file-rc, though we don't plan to maintain this in the long run. For the reasons why we actually switched to systemd please visit the FAQ. Due to the change to systemd some boot options in the current release might not work as before and some further issues might have been unnoticed yet. Please let us know if you should stumble upon any such issues. Following Debian's switch, the 32-bit PC support (known as the architecture 'i386' and what's provided by 'grml32') now no longer covers a plain i586 processor. The new baseline is the i686, although some i586 processors (e.g. the 'AMD Geode') will remain supported." The project's release notes contain a detailed list of changes since the previous version. Download: grml64-full_2017.05.iso (590MB, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2017-05-09 |
Development Release: Grml 2017.05 RC1 |
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Grml is a Debian-based live disc for 32-bit and 64-bit x86 computers. The Grml distribution's latest development snapshot, Grml 2017.05-rc1, is based on Debian's Testing branch (code name "Stretch"). This release offers a number of small changes along with a transition from using file-rc to systemd for the distribution's init software. "Switch from file-rc to systemd as init system. grml-live (the build system for creating Grml (based) Linux live systems) still supports non-systemd systems using file-rc, though we don't plan to maintain this in the long run. For the reasons why we actually switched to systemd please visit the FAQ. Due to the change to systemd some boot options in the current release might not work as before and some further issues might have been unnoticed yet. Please let us know if you should stumble upon any such issues. New features: grml2usb - support usage of grml2usb on EFI systems, ew option --skip-usb-check to skip check whether target looks like a USB device, new option --rw-blockdev for usage with read-only/forensic like devices; grml-live - systemd support, providing backwards compatibility (non-systemd using file-rc) via FILE_RC class...." A complete list of changes can be found in the release notes. Download: grml64-full_2017.05-rc1.iso (589MB, signature, pkglist). |
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| 2014-11-18 |
Distribution Release: Grml 2014.11 |
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Michael Prokop has announced the release of Grml 2014.11, a Debian-based live CD featuring ZSH as the default shell and a large collection of specialist scripts for system administrators: "We just released Grml 2014.11 'Gschistigschasti'. This Grml release provides fresh software packages from Debian 'testing'. As usual it also incorporates up-to-date hardware support and it fixes known bugs from the previous Grml release. New features: new boot option getfile.retries=... - by specifying a number it controls the number of download retries for the netscript=...; grml2usb - improved check for boot flag, new option --skip-bootflag and Python 3 support; grml-quickconfig - display IP and password if SSH boot option is used; grml-lang - support language settings for Italy; grml-hwinfo: support i2c-tools's decode-dimms, edac-utils and mcelog; grml-zshrc - rework and unify $PATH handling...." See the release announcement and release notes for further details. Download: grml64-full_2014.11.iso (460MB, MD5, torrent), grml64-small_2014.11.iso (229MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2014-03-31 |
Distribution Release: Grml 2014.03 |
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Michael Prokop has announced the release of Grml 2014.03, a Debian-based live CD with a collection of GNU/Linux software designed for system administrators and suited for administrative tasks including system rescue: "We just released Grml 2014.03 - Ponywagon. This Grml release provides fresh software packages from Debian testing (a.k.a. jessie). As usual it also incorporates up2date hardware support and fixes known bugs from the previous Grml release. New features: new boot option vlan; grml-debootstrap. Important Changes: forensic mode - the readonly boot option was renamed to read-only (caused by change in upstream's live-boot). Bits and bolts: Linux kernel is based on 3.13.6...." See the release announcement and release notes for further information and various links. Download from mirrors: grml64-full_2014.03.iso (414MB, SHA1, torrent), grml64-small_2014.03.iso (194MB, SHA1, torrent). |
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| 2013-09-29 |
Distribution Release: Grml 2013.09 |
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Michael Prokop has announced the release of Grml 2013.09, a Debian-based live CD with a collection of GNU/Linux software and custom scripts specially designed for system administrators: "We just released Grml 2013.09 'Hefeknuddler'. This Grml release provides fresh software packages after the Debian stable release ('Wheezy') was released. As usual it also incorporates up2date hardware support and fixes known bugs from the previous Grml release. New features: new boot option encpasswd which takes a hashed password as argument, setting password of users root and grml to the specified value; grml-hwinfo supports iproute's IP tool, sg_inq from sg3-utils and lscpu, lsblk, dmsetup ls --tree; grml-lang includes French keymap support. Important changes: UTC is used as default time zone, to use a different setting you can use the tz boot option (usage example: tz=Europe/Vienna)...." See the release announcement and release notes for more detailed information. Download: grml64-full_2013.09.iso (362MB, MD5, torrent), grml64-small_2013.09.iso (180MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2013-02-28 |
Distribution Release: Grml 2013.02 |
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Michael Prokop has announced the release of Grml 2013.02, a Debian-based live CD with a collection of specialist GNU/Linux software, tools and scripts designed for system administrators: "We just released Grml 2013.02 'Grumpy Grinch'. This release brings the Grml tools towards the upcoming Debian stable release ('Wheezy'), provides up-to-date hardware support and fixes known bugs from the previous Grml release. New features: ssh boot option - display SSH server key fingerprints; grml-hwinfo - added support for lsscsi, iscsiadm, Proxmox, libvirt, OpenVZ, VServer information retrieval, swapon, mdadm, LVM + dmsetup, now using 'lspci -nn' for lspci output; grml-live - handling firmware related packages in GRMLBASE, added uuid-runtime to GRMLBASE; grml-network - netcardconfig provides support to scan for available wireless networks...." Read the release notes for a list of new features and important changes. Download: grml64-full_2012.05.iso (371MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2012-05-29 |
Distribution Release: Grml 2012.05 |
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Michael Prokop has announced the release of Grml 2012.05, a Debian-based live CD designed for system administrators and users of text tools: "We just released Grml 2012.05 'Ponyhof'. Thanks for all the feedback we received for our 2011.12 release, we took it serious and hope that everyone finds 2012.05 such a wonderful release as we consider it to be. There were some changes between 2012.05-rc1 and the new stable release. The most important ones are: update to Linux kernel 3.3.7; added sysstat (and imvirt-helper was pulled in as dependency); fixed GRUB 2, iPXE and MirOS bsd4grml boot options for 64-bit ISO images; added wallpaper; fixed language boot option for the grml-small flavour." Read the release announcement and release notes for more details. Download: grml32-full_2012.05.iso (334MB, SHA1, torrent), grml32-small_2012.05.iso (145MB, SHA1, torrent), grml64-full_2012.05.iso (371MB, SHA1, torrent), grml64-small_2012.05.iso (148MB, SHA1, torrent).
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| 2011-12-23 |
Distribution Release: Grml 2011.12 |
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Ulrich Dangel has announced the release of Grml 2011.12, a Debian-based live CD with an excellent collection of GNU/Linux software and scripts for system administrators: "We have just released Grml 2011.12 'Knecht Rootrecht', just in time to put it under the Christmas tree. There were quite a lot of changes between RC1 and the new stable release. The most important ones are: update to Linux kernel 3.1.6; easier remastering with grml-live and existing Grml ISO images; new GRUB boot theme; syslinux will indicate its boot menu with one beep; GRUB will indicate its boot menu with three beeps; enable all mixer controls at start-up and set volume to 75%; reworked and more flexible GRUB configuration file handling; grml2usb - use the GRUB configuration from the ISO image instead of creating a new one; additional key bindings for Fluxbox; fix keyboard layout bug." See the release announcement and release notes for a full list of changes and new features. Download: grml32_2011.12.iso (315MB, MD5, torrent), grml64_2011.12.iso (348MB, MD5, torrent).
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