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Finnix


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Finnix is a small, self-contained, bootable Linux CD distribution for system administrators, based on Debian. It can be used to mount and manipulate hard drives and partitions, monitor networks, rebuild boot records, install other operating systems, and much more.


Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 172 (50), 6 months: 231 (30), 3 months: 228 (28), 4 weeks: 223 (30), 1 week: 218 (29)

Average visitor rating: 9.5/10 from 2 review(s).


Finnix Summary
Distribution Finnix
Home Page https://www.finnix.org/
Mailing Lists --
User Forums --
Alternative User Forums
Documentation https://github.com/finnix/finnix-docs#readmeFAQ
Screenshots https://www.finnix.org/ScreenshotsDistroWatch Gallery
Screencasts
Download Mirrors https://www.finnix.org/Download
Bug Tracker --
Related Websites Wikipedia
Reviews 121: DistroWatch
Where To Donate, Buy, or Try

Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2023-03-28: Distribution Release: Finnix 125
 • 2022-03-29: Distribution Release: Finnix 124
 • 2021-09-06: Distribution Release: Finnix 123
 • 2021-02-09: Distribution Release: Finnix 122
 • 2020-08-10: Distribution Release: Finnix 121
 • 2020-05-14: Distribution Release: Finnix 120
 • 2015-06-05: Distribution Release: Finnix 111
 • 2013-11-15: Distribution Release: Finnix 109
 • 2012-12-25: Distribution Release: Finnix 107
 • 2012-10-29: Distribution Release: Finnix 106
 • 2012-07-13: Distribution Release: Finnix 105
 • 2012-02-15: Distribution Release: Finnix 104
 • More Finnix releases...

  Headlines:
 • 2020-05-20 Behind the scenes with Finnix
 • 2017-04-19 Finnix making changes
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  • Colour scheme: green text = latest stable version, red text = development or beta version. The function determining beta versions is not 100% reliable due to a wide variety of versioning schemes.
Feature 125 124 123
Release Date 2023-03-28 2022-03-22 2021-09-06
End Of Life      
Price (US$) Free Free Free
Image Size (MB) 400-500 400-500 400-500
Free Download ISO ISO ISO
Installation -- -- --
Default Desktop -- -- --
Package Management DEB DEB DEB
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed
Office Suite -- -- --
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64 x86_64
Init Software systemd systemd systemd
Journaled File Systems -- -- --
Multilingual -- -- --
Asian Language Support -- -- --
Full Package List 125 124 123
abiword (3.0.5) -- -- --
alsa-lib (1.2.11) -- -- --
amdgpu (23.0.0) -- -- --
bash (5.2.21) 5.2.15 5.1 5.1
bind (9.18.21) -- -- --
chromium (121.0.6167.139) -- -- --
cups (2.4.7) -- -- --
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.3-P1 4.4.2 4.4.1
e2fsprogs (1.47.0) 1.46.6 1.46.5 1.46.2
firefox (122.0) -- -- --
freetype (2.13.2) -- -- --
gcc (13.2.0) -- -- --
gimp (2.10.36) -- -- --
glibc (2.39) 2.36 2.33 2.31
gnome-shell (45.3) -- -- --
gnucash (5.5) -- -- --
gnumeric (1.12.56) -- -- --
grub (2.12) -- -- --
gtk (4.12.5) -- -- --
httpd (2.4.58) -- -- --
inkscape (1.3.1) -- -- --
k3b (23.08.4) -- -- --
kmod (31) 30 29 28
krita (5.2.2) -- -- --
LibreOffice (24.2.0) -- -- --
linux (6.7.3) 6.1.15 5.16.12 5.10.46
lxpanel (0.10.1) -- -- --
mariadb (11.1.3) -- -- --
mate-desktop (1.26.2) -- -- --
mesa (24.0.0) -- -- --
mysql (8.3.0) -- -- --
nautilus (45.2.1) -- -- --
NVIDIA (545.29.06) -- -- --
openbox (3.6.1) -- -- --
openjdk (21.0.2) -- -- --
openssh (9.6p1) 9.2p1 8.8p1 8.4p1
openssl (3.2.1) 3.0.8 1.1.1m 1.1.1k
perl (5.38.2) 5.36.0 5.34.0 5.32.1
php (8.3.2) -- -- --
plasma-desktop (5.27.10) -- -- --
postfix (3.8.5) -- -- --
postgresql (16.1) -- -- --
Python (3.12.1) 3.11.2 3.9.8 3.9.2
qt (6.6.1) -- -- --
samba (4.19.4) 4.17.5 4.13.14 4.13.5
systemd (255.3) 252.6 250.3 247.3
thunderbird (115.7.0) -- -- --
vim (9.1) 9.0 8.2 8.2
vlc (3.0.20) -- -- --
wayland (1.22.0) -- -- --
xfdesktop (4.18.1) -- -- --
xorg-server (21.1.11) -- -- --


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Version: 124
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-04-03
Votes: 4


Very nice! I keep the iso -file on my hard disk and include it in the grub menu, thus having a rescue OS at hand. The size of the iso is about half of alternatives like grml or systemrescue. Yet the only command not provided for my needs is xfsdump. Setting up locale and keyboard parameters by means of the `finnix` -command could be simpler and does not seem very logical to me. Altogether highly recommendable to have a bootstick or an iso of Finnix on your disk in case something goes wrong - which will occur sooner or later to anybody.


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Version: 123
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-01-21
Votes: 1


I'm using Finnix since version 108, definitely my favorite tool in my tool box.
All the tools you need from a cli distro for data recovery, period.



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