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Release Notes for Grml 2024.02 - codename Glumpad

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About

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Grml is a Debian based live system focusing on the needs of system administrators. + This Grml release provides fresh software packages from Debian trixie. + As usual it also incorporates up to date hardware support and fixes known bugs from previous Grml releases.

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New features

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Highlighting the most relevant changes only:

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Misc:

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grml-hwinfo: add inxi output and collect information about network devices via ethtool +

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grml-live (build system for creating Grml (based) Linux live systems):

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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 +

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grml-zshrc (Zsh configuration):

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zshrc: fixed outdated url in weather function +
/etc/skel/.zshrc: suggest J as global alias for jq usage +

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grml-debootstrap (wrapper around debootstrap for installing pure Debian):

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Initial arm64 support +
Add EFI support for VMs +
Don't install busybox any longer by default +
Refactored error handling +
Dropped support for installing releases before jessie +
Use persistent device names under /dev/disk/by-id/ for GRUB's install_devices +

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Bits & bolts

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Linux kernel 6.6.
Fixed several bugs from the issue tracking system.

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Packages

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Details about shipped packages and their versions in Grml are + available in the Debian section. Visit + dpkg_list for a + detailed list of packages shipped with Grml 2024.02.

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Updates

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Packages are taken from Debian trixie/testing as of 26th of February 2024. + The following 9 relevant packages have been added (excluding e.g. lib*, fonts*, *-base/*-bin/*-common/*-core/*-data, gcc-*/cpp-*, perl*, python*, ruby* and kernel image):

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dhcpcd: DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 dual-stack client (replacement for deprecated isc-dhcp-client) +
f3: test real flash memory capacity +
fwupd/fwupd-amd64-signed: Tools to manage UEFI firmware updates +
lolcat: colorful `cat` +
lz4: Fast LZ compression algorithm library - tool +
pixz: (dependency of clonezilla) +
toilet: display large colourful characters in text mode +
udisks2: D-Bus service to access and manipulate storage devices +

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The following 9 Debian packages have been removed/replaced (excluding lib*, *-base/-bin/*-common/*-core/*-data, gcc-*/cpp-*, perl*, python*, ruby* and kernel image):

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dmraid: obsolete (see #1056944) +
dstat: unmaintained upstream (see #1034856) +
fai-server: irrelevant, no longer a dependency of grml-live +
fakeroot: irrelevant, no longer a dependency of devscripts +
firmware-ath9k-htc: conflicts with/replaced by firmware-atheros +
iso-codes: irrelevant, no longer a dependency of qemu-system-* +
lsb-base: irrelevant, no longer a dependency of uml-utilities +
lua-lpeg: irrelevant, no longer a dependency of nmap +
thin-provisioning-tools: broken in Debian/testing (see #1041089) +

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Known issues

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Please visit the known bugs web page.

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Download Grml 2024.02

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Grml 2024.02 can be downloaded from + grml.org/download/.

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Feedback

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Your comments, bug reports, patches, and suggestions will help fixing bugs and improving future releases. + If you find a problem with the (pre-)release, please check the known bugs list and report problems using information on grml.org/bugs/. + We also welcome feature requests and any kind of constructive feedback. + If you want to reach out to the Grml team, please visit our contact webpage.

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Thanks

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Many thanks in this release go to (alphabetically) + 2f2a, + Alhyene, + anarcat, + AndrÃ¡s Korn, + Chris Hofstaedtler, + Christopher Bock, + Csillag Tamas, + Daniel Richard G, + Daniel Winzen, + Felix Egli, + flobee, + GavinPacini, + Giovanni Rosa, + JÃ¡nos PÃ¡sztor, + Keith Irwin, + Marc Haber, + Michael Schierl, + Patrick Schleizer, + Roland Sommer and + willmcginnis + for their contributions.

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More Information

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You can find out more about Grml on our website, IRC channel, and wiki. + +

To sign up for future Grml announcements, please subscribe to Grml's announcement list or + follow our blog.

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Known Bugs in Grml 2024.02

Known Bugs in Grml 2024.02-rc1

Release Notes for Grml 2024.02-rc1 - codename Glumpad

New features

Release Notes for Grml 2024.02 - codename Glumpad

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New features

Misc:

grml-live (build system for creating Grml (based) Linux live systems):

grml-zshrc (Zsh configuration):

grml-debootstrap (wrapper around debootstrap for installing pure Debian):

Bits & bolts

Packages

Updates

Known issues

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Feedback

Thanks

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