grml
grml is a live CD originally based on Knoppix and currently based on Debian. It includes a collection of GNU/Linux software especially for users of texttools and system administrators. It provides automatic hardware detection, and its default shell is the zsh. You can use it e.g. as a rescue system, for analyzing systems/networks, or as a working environment. It is not necessary to install anything to a hard disk; you don't even need a hard disk to run it. Due to on-the-fly decompression, it includes about 2.1 GB of software and documentation on the CD.
Recent releases
- 01 Jun 2009 14:42
Changes: The Linux kernel was updated to 2.6.28. 26 new software packages were added. A special MirBSD version and a hardware detection tool for Syslinux were integrated. Support for root persistency was added. grml2usb was rewritten, providing support for multiple ISO images. The "readonly" boot option was added for forensic investigations and data rescue.
- 25 Feb 2008 23:50
Changes: This release features Linux kernel 2.6.23-grml with several additional modules, new scripts (grml-paste, grml-vnet, etc.), generation using the new grml-live build framework, a completely reworked initial boot process based on live-initramfs, Squashfs with LZMA support, and 176 new packages. A 64-bit version is available as well as a new flavor named grml-medium.
- 08 Dec 2006 10:49
Changes: 113 new packages were added. Hardware detection was improved. It includes Linux 2.6.18-grml, X.org 7.1.1, and new scripts like grml-debootstrap, grml-ap, grml-bridge, grml-router, etc. zsh configuration has been improved, and there are many new configuration files. All packages were updated to the version in the Debian unstable branch as of 2006-12-03.
- 13 Oct 2006 11:06
Changes: Amongst the usual updated packages (including X.org 7.0), support for UMTS cards and new scripts were added, like grml-tpm, grml-resolution, and others.
- 10 Apr 2006 03:43
Changes: The kernel was updated to 2.6.16, including several patches (such as Reiser4, Speakup, and Squashfs) and additional modules. 48 new software packages were added, as well as support for sdhci and truecrypt. Some bugfixes were made. Konfiguration was updated, and many more new features were added.
