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openKylin is a Chinese desktop distribution which runs the Kylin and UKUI desktop environments. Both Wayland and X11 sessions are available out of the box. The project is a member of the Debian family and can use APT package management tools. It also features a custom package format which is combined with a custom, modern software centre. openKylin is also a proving ground for custom utilities which assist the user in managing the operating system.
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2014-11-18 |
NEW • 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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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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2024-02-28 |
Distribution Release: Grml 2024.02 |
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Grml is a live distribution based on Debian. It includes a collection of GNU/Linux software especially for users of text tools and system administrators. The project's latest release, Grml 2024.02, runs on Linux kernel 6.6 and introduces several new options for the grml-live utility as well as zsh features. "Highlighting the most relevant changes only: grml-hwinfo - add inxi output and collect information about network devices via ethtool; grml-live (build system for creating Grml Linux live systems) - initial arm64 and aarch64 support; add support for Debian/Trixie (current Debian 'Testing'); use serial console with a setting of 115200n8 by default; update zsh completion and ship it via Debian package; unify boot options order between isolinux, syslinux and GRUB; improved memtest and chainloader handling; remove Grml release name from the boot options; miscellaneous software related changes in GRMLBASE, GRML_SMALL and GRML_FULL classes; zshrc - fixed outdated URL in weather function; /etc/skel/.zshrc - suggest J as global alias for jq usage; grml-debootstrap (wrapper around debootstrap for installing pure Debian) - initial arm64 support; add EFI support for VMs; don't install BusyBox any longer by default." Additional details can be found in the release notes. Download (pkglist): grml64-full_2024.02.iso (915MB, signature, torrent), grml64-small_2024.02.iso (508MB, signature, torrent). |
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2024-02-06 |
Development Release: Grml 2024.02 RC1 |
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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. The project has published a release candidate which introduces a number of improvements and is based on Debian's Testing "Trixie" branch. "Highlighting the most relevant changes only: Misc: grml-hwinfo: add inxi output and collect information about network devices via ethtool. grml-live (build system for creating Grml (based) Linux live systems): Initial arm64 / aarch64 support; add support for Debian/Trixie (current Debian/Testing); use serial console with a setting of 115200n8 by default; update zsh completion + ship it via Debian package; unify boot options order between isolinux/syslinux and GRUB; improved memtest + chainloader handling; remove Grml release name from the boot options; misc software related changes in GRMLBASE, GRML_SMALL + GRML_FULL classes. grml-zshrc (Zsh configuration): zshrc: fixed outdated url in weather function; /etc/skel/.zshrc: suggest J as global alias for jq usage." Additional information can be found in the project's release notes. Download: grml64-full_2024.02-rc1.iso (900MB, signature, pkglist). |
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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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2014-03-31 |
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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2011-05-30 |
Distribution Release: Grml 2011.05 |
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Michael Prokop has announced the release of Grml 2011.05, a Debian-based live system featuring a collection of GNU/Linux software especially for system administrators and users of text tools: "Grml 2011.05 with code name 'Just Mari', 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: new Linux kernel version based on 2.6.38.7; initramfs is now XZ compressed (smaller); /run has been introduced. Important changes: iPXE has replaced gPXE; core scripts previously found in grml-scripts are now shipped as grml-scripts-core to facilitate reuse on plain Debian systems; due to popular demand, the Ratpoison window manager is included once again; grml-debootstrap adds the security repository for stable and testing installations; grml-quickconfig will be executed on grml-small...." More technical details can be found in the release notes. Download: grml_2011.05.iso (687MB, MD5, torrent), grml64_2011.05.iso (698MB, MD5, torrent).
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2011-01-01 |
Distribution Release: Grml 2010.12 |
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Michael Prokop has announced the release of Grml 2010.12, a bootable live system based on Debian with a collection of GNU/Linux software especially for system administrators: "Grml 2010.12, code name 'Gebrueder' is available. New features: new Linux kernel version based on 2.6.36.2; config-less X to take advantage of X.Org's automatic configuration; support for Kernel Mode Setting (KMS); grml-rescueboot / loopback.cfg feature and grub-imageboot for ISO boot; initial release of Kantan, an automated testing suite for continuous integration and a test environment; incremental grml-rebuildfstab triggered by udev events for faster execution time; improved serial console on multiple devices; vnc_connect boot option allowing to connect to an existing listening VNC client...." Read the rest of the release notes for further details. Download: grml_2010.12.iso (686MB, SHA1), grml64_2010.12.iso (699MB, SHA1).
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2010-04-30 |
Distribution Release: grml 2010.04 |
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Michael Prokop has announced the release of grml, a Debian-based live CD with a large collection of GNU/Linux software especially for system administrators and users of text tools. What's new? "VNC boot option - booting with vnc=yourpassword and the startx boot option automatically starts the VNC service for user 'grml' using graphical remote access with provided password; DMRAID-related boot options - nodmraid to not enable present DMRAID devices, dmraid=on to automatically enable any present DMRAID devices and dmraid=off to actively try to stop any possibly present DMRAID devices; new boot option bootid for improving reliability of boot process; more robust network booting - the boot option ethdevice and its surrounding code has been extended so it is possible to specify multiple devices at once." See the detailed release notes for a complete list of changes and new features. Download: grml_2010.04.iso (690MB, MD5, torrent), grml64_2010.04.iso (700MB, MD5, torrent).
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2009-10-31 |
Distribution Release: grml 2009.10 |
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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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