Release Notes for Grml 2024.02-rc1 - codename Glumpad
+ + + + + +About
+ +Grml is a Debian based live system focusing on the needs of system administrators. + This Grml release provides fresh software packages from Debian bookworm. + As usual it also incorporates up to date hardware support and fixes known bugs from previous Grml releases.
+ + + +New features
+ +Highlighting the most relevant changes only:
+ +Misc:
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- grml-hwinfo: add inxi output and collect information about network devices via ethtool +
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 +
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- zshrc: fixed outdated url in weather function +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 +
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 +
Bits & bolts
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- Linux kernel 6.5. +
- Fixed several bugs from the issue tracking system. +
Packages
+ +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(-rc1).
+ +Updates
+ +Packages are taken from Debian trixie/testing as of 2nd 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 +
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 devscripts1056944 +
- 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) +
Known issues
+ +Please visit the known bugs web page.
+ +Download Grml 2024.02-rc1
+ +Grml 2024.02-rc1 can be downloaded from + grml.org/download/prerelease/.
+ +Feedback
+ +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.
+ + +Thanks
+ +Many thanks in this release go to (alphabetically) + 2f2a, + Alhyene, + anarcat, + András Korn, + Chris Hofstaedtler, + Christopher Bock, + Csillag Tamas, + Daniel Richard G, + Daniel Winzen, + Felix Egli, + flobee, + GavinPacini, + Giovanni Rosa, + János Pásztor, + Keith Irwin, + Marc Haber, + Michael Schierl, + Patrick Schleizer, + Roland Sommer and + willmcginnis + for their contributions.
+ +More Information
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