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Slo-Tech Linux
Slo-Tech Linux was a Slovenian desktop Linux distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux and Morphix.
Status: Discontinued
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| 2006-08-14 |
NEW • 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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| 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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| 2022-11-30 |
Distribution Release: Grml 2022.11 |
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Michael Prokop has announced the release of Grml 2022.11, a new stable release of the Debian-based distribution with a focus on the needs of system administrators: "Grml new stable release 2022.11 available. This Grml release provides fresh software packages from Debian 'bookworm'. As usual it also incorporates current hardware support and fixes known bugs from previous Grml releases. Important changes: the Grml live system now uses the merged-/usr layout; updated Perl from 5.32 to 5.36; updated Python from 3.9 to 3.10; updated Ruby from 2.7 to 3.0. New features: grml-hwinfo - iterate over present disks to collect sfdisk -d information; grml-terminalserver - suggest a proper IP range usage when configuring DHCP clients; netcardconfig - avoid suggesting default gateway if a default route exists already; integration of Memtest86+ 6, providing UEFI support; support Memtest86+ with UEFI; support Debian 'bookworm'; support for ZFS via new ZFS FAI class; provide workaround for kmod/initramfs-tools issue with NFS/netboot; exclude /var/lib/dkms/* from Squashfs...." See the release announcement and the detailed release notes for additional information. Download (mirrors): grml64-full_2022.11.iso (855MB, SHA256, torrent, pkglist), grml64-small_2022.11.iso (492MB, SHA256, torrent). Images for 32-bit (i686) processors are also available. |
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| 2021-07-26 |
Distribution Release: Grml 2021.07 |
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Michael Prokop has announced the release of Grml 2021.07, the latest stable build of the project's live Linux distribution focusing on the needs of system administrators. It is based on Debian's "testing" branch. "Grml - new stable release 2021.07 available. This Grml release provides fresh software packages from Debian testing ('bullseye'). As usual it also incorporates current hardware support and fixes known bugs from the previous Grml release. Important changes: the Grml IRC channel moved to OFTC; the network configuration tool netcardconfig no longer prompts for uncommon wireless/WiFi options, to simplify and speed up its usage. New features: grml-terminalserver - support for UEFI PXE boot (now supporting BIOS boot via pxelinux and EFI boot via GRUB); netcardconfig - support for enabling blocked devices via rfkill; forensic mode - improved handling for block device changes and parent device handling; grml-chroot - support efivarfs in EFI environments...." Read the brief release announcement and the detailed release notes for further information. Download (mirrors): grml64-full_2021.07.iso (786MB, SHA512, torrent, pkglist), grml64-small_2021.07.iso (403MB, SHA512, torrent). Images built for 32-bit processors (i686) are also available. |
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| 2020-06-24 |
Distribution Release: Grml 2020.06 |
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Michael Prokop has announced the release of Grml 2020.06, a new version of the project's Linux distribution designed for system administrators, based on Debian's "testing" branch: "Grml - new stable release 2020.06 available. This Grml release provides fresh software packages from Debian testing ('bullseye'). As usual it also incorporates current hardware support and fixes known bugs from the previous Grml release. Important changes: the default mount point for the live system was changed; tools like grml2usb, grml-paste and grml-x have been ported from Python 2 to Python 3 - we no longer support Python 2 in our tools; the live system no longer uses a custom Grml kernel - instead we switched to the 'linux-image' packages provided by Debian. New features: cloud-init support - a standard multi-distribution method for cross-platform cloud instance initialization; qemu-guest-agent support - this daemon exchanges information between the host and guest system; network information in grml-quickconfig - hostname, cloud-init, IP addresses and zeroconf/avahi information...." See the release announcement and release notes for a detailed description of this new release. Download (mirrors): grml64-full_2020.06.iso (747MB, SHA512, torrent, pkglist), grml64-small_2020.06.iso (352MB, SHA512, torrent). |
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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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