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+ <h1>Release Notes for Grml 2011.12-rc1 - codename <a
+ href="/faq/#releasename">Knecht Rootrecht</a></h1>
+
+ <h3>About</h3>
+
+ <p>This release brings a downsizing and cleanup: one flavour, two architectures.
+ The new, smaller "FULL" flavour has a 350MB ISO size target, while still
+ delivering over 1.1GB of open source software relevant for system
+ administrators!</p>
+
+ <h3>New features</h3>
+
+ <ul>
+
+ <li>New Linux kernel version based on <b>3.1.4</b></li>
+ <li><b>EFI Boot</b> support from CD-ROM and USB keys (amd64 only)</li>
+ <li>mDNS support (try <tt>ping grml.local</tt> )</li>
+ <li>NFS Client support and d-bus start automatically</li>
+
+ </ul>
+
+ <h4>Special new features:</h4>
+
+ <ul>
+
+ <li><a href="/grml-debootstrap/">grml-debootstrap</a>, the tool of choice to install Debian,
+ can now directly build virtual machine images.</li>
+
+ <li><a href="/grml-live/">grml-live</a>, our build tool, was enhanced with new features to
+ allow for <a href="http://jenkins-ci.org/">Jenkins</a> integration.
+ This release, as well as the current <a href="/daily/">daily images</a>
+ are built from within Jenkins!</li>
+
+
+ </ul>
+
+ <h3>Important Changes</h3>
+
+ <ul>
+ <li>Z-Shell configuration has been cleaned up. Quite a few functions
+ <a href="http://git.grml.org/?p=grml-etc-core.git;a=history;f=etc/zsh/zshrc">have been removed</a>
+ from the default configuration.</li>
+ <li>X11 environment has been downsized as well. The window manager is
+ now fluxbox. idesk has been removed, all available software is now
+ reachable from the fluxbox menu.</li>
+ <li>The accessibility support now consists of shipping standard speakup
+ and enabling sound during boot. A new beep sequence (4 tones) is sounded
+ just before the quickconfig menu starts. (The boot options have been
+ removed.)</li>
+ <li>xterm now uses the Terminus font, like the VT consoles.</li>
+ <li>Virtual Machines automatically get the "noprompt" behaviour.</li>
+ <li>Ancient config files and examples have been removed from grml-etc(-core).</li>
+ <li>Ancient scripts have been removed from grml-scripts(-core).</li>
+ <br>
+ <li>Anonymous stats are collected during boot up. This includes: Grml release name,
+ boot media type (local or remote), a random string, used boot option keys
+ (no values) and if your CPU is 64bit-capable. You can turn this off with the
+ <b>nostats</b> boot option.</li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <h3>Bits & bolts</h3>
+
+ <ul>
+ <li>Modem support has been removed from grml-network</li>
+ <li>VT consoles are driven by grml-runtty, our homegrown login and getty
+ replacement for Live CDs.</li>
+ <li>Netboot scenarios should no longer use the "nodhcp" boot option.</li>
+ <li>grml2hd is no longer in PATH to discourage it's use even further.
+ The related boot options have been removed.</li>
+ <li>grml2usb: compat for releases < 2009.05, grub1 and lilo support
+ have been removed.</li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <h3>Kernel</h3>
+
+ <p>Based on vanilla kernel 3.1.4. No additional modules are
+ shipped.</p>
+
+
+ <h3>Bugfixes</h3>
+
+ <p>Fixed several bugs and issues reported in the
+ <a href="http://bts.grml.org/grml/">bug tracking system</a>.</p>
+
+ <h3>Packages / Software</h3>
+
+ <p>Details about shipped packages and their versions on Grml are
+ available at the <a href="/files/#debian">Debian section</a>. Visit
+ <!-- -->
+ <a href="/files/release-2011.12-rc1/dpkg_get_selections">dpkg_get_selections</a>
+ for a main package listing and
+ <!-- -->
+ <a href="/files/release-2011.12-rc1/dpkg_list">dpkg_list</a> for a
+ detailed list of packages shipped with Grml 2011.12-rc1.</p>
+
+ <h3>Updates</h3>
+
+ <p>Updated all packages to Debian Unstable branch by 8th of December
+ 2011.</p>
+
+ <p>Removed these Grml packages:</p>
+
+<pre class="rahmen">
+ grml-debugtools grml-docs grml-files grml-files64
+ grml-firefox grml-laptop grml-pylib grml-rebuildfstab
+ grml-rescueboot grml-sectools grml-templates grml-usleep
+ grml-vpn grml grml64
+</pre>
+
+ <p>Removed 1745 packages, compared to the previous
+ GRML_FULL flavour.</p>
+
+ <p>Added these important new packages (plus dependencies):</p>
+
+<pre class="rahmen">
+ afflib-tools atftp bacula-sd efibootmgr grub-efi-amd64-bin
+ ia32-libs imvirt ipxe mcollective mtx multiarch-support
+ netcat-openbsd python2.7 sipcalc
+</pre>
+
+ <h3>Known issues</h3>
+
+ <p><b>iSCSI Target</b> support is currently in limbo, as
+ the user land tools for the new in-kernel iSCSI target are not yet
+ in Debian unstable/testing and shipping the old iscsitarget modules
+ in binary form appears to be almost impossible with the new DKMS packaging.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>Take a look at <a
+ href="/bugs/known/">the known bugs list</a>.
+ Please report problems using information on <a
+ href="/bugs/">grml.org/bugs/</a>.</p>
+
+ <h3>Download Grml 2011.12-rc1</h3>
+
+ <p>Grml 2011.12-rc1 can be downloaded from
+ <a href="http://grml.org/download/prerelease/">grml.org/download/prerelease/</a>.</p>
+
+ <!--
+ <p>Grml 2011.12-rc1 can be downloaded from <a href="/download/">grml.org/download/</a>.</p>
+ -->
+
+ <h3>Feedback</h3>
+
+ <p>Your comments, bug reports, patches, and suggestions will help
+ fixing bugs and improving future releases. If you find a problem with
+ the release please check <a
+ href="/bugs/known/">the known bugs list</a> and report problems using information on <a
+ href="/bugs/">grml.org/bugs/</a>. Please send your feedback and
+ feature requests <a href="/contact/">to the Grml team</a>!</p>
+
+ <ul>
+ <li><a href="/contact/">grml.org/contact/</a>
+ <li><a href="/irc/">#grml on irc.freenode.org</a>
+ </ul>
+
+ <a name="thanks"></a>
+ <h3>Thanks</h3>
+
+ <p>Many thanks in this release go to (alphabetically)
+ TBD,
+ for their contributions.</p>
+
+ <h3>More Information</h3>
+
+ <p>You can find out more about grml on <a href="/">our website</a>, <a
+ href="/irc/">IRC channel</a>, and <a
+ href="http://wiki.grml.org/">wiki</a>.
+
+ <p>To sign up for future Grml announcements, please subscribe to <a
+ href="http://lists.mur.at/mailman/listinfo/grml-announce">Grml's
+ announcement list</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>If you are interested in development releases grab the daily ISOs
+ from <a href="http://daily.grml.org/">daily.grml.org</a>.</p>
+
+ <h3>Further Questions?</h3>
+
+ <p>Please feel free to <a href="http://grml.org/contact/">contact us.</a></p>
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