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Finnix, the LiveCD for system administrators
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Finnix 92.0 Released
Posted 2008-06-28 22:59 (link)
Finnix is a small, self-contained, bootable Linux CD distribution for system administrators, based on Debian testing. Today marks the release of version 92.0 for the x86/AMD64, PowerPC, and UML/Xen platforms.
Finnix 92.0 includes updated software (including a fix for the Debian OpenSSL security vulnerability), a Linux 2.6.25 kernel, and a new, graphical boot menu.
Home page: http://www.finnix.org/ Download: [...]
Finnix 91.1 Released
Posted 2008-03-04 00:15 (link)
Finnix is a small, self-contained, bootable Linux CD distribution for system administrators, based on Debian testing. Today marks the release of version 91.1 for the x86/AMD64, PowerPC, and UML/Xen platforms.
Finnix 91.1 is a bugfix and maintenance release. Memtest86+ has been upgraded to 2.01, software RAID autodetection has been fixed, and finnix-thumbdrive has been fixed [...]
Finnix 91.0 Released
Posted 2008-01-28 13:51 (link)
Finnix is a small, self-contained, bootable Linux CD distribution for system administrators, based on Debian testing. Today marks the release of version 91.0 for the x86/AMD64, PowerPC, and UML/Xen platforms.
Finnix 91.0 includes a new Linux kernel (2.6.24), automatic 32-bit/64-bit detection on the x86 platform, stackable RAID/LUKS/LVM detection and setup, and several bug fixes.
Automatic 32-bit/64-bit detection [...]
Finnix 90.0 Released
Posted 2007-10-23 10:28 (link)
On October 23, 2005, Finnix 86.0 was released, marking the revival of Finnix. Now, two years and 9 releases later, Finnix 90.0 has been released for the x86/AMD64, PowerPC, and UML/Xen platforms. Finnix is a small, self-contained, bootable Linux CD distribution for system administrators, based on Debian testing.
Finnix 90.0 includes a new Linux [...]
Finnix 89.2 Released
Posted 2007-07-27 11:04 (link)
Finnix is a small, self-contained, bootable Linux CD distribution for system administrators, based on Debian testing. Today marks the release of version 89.2 for the x86/AMD64, PowerPC, and UML/Xen platforms.
Finnix 89.2 is a maintenance release. Base system has been dist-upgraded to Debian’s testing 2007-07-26. A new kernel was planned for this release, but [...]
Finnix 89.1 Released
Posted 2007-04-13 21:55 (link)
Finnix is a small, self-contained, bootable Linux CD distribution for system administrators, based on Debian testing. Today marks the release of version 89.1 for the x86/AMD64, PowerPC, and UML/Xen platforms.
Finnix 89.1 is a maintenance and bugfix release. Base system has been dist-upgraded to Debian’s 2007-04-03, the day etch was marked stable. “testcd” boot [...]
Finnix 89.0 Released
Posted 2007-01-22 00:00 (link)
Finnix is a small, self-contained, bootable Linux CD distribution for system administrators, based on Debian testing. Today marks the release of version 89.0 for the x86 (and now AMD64), PowerPC, and UML/Xen platforms.
Finnix 89.0 features Linux 2.6.18, a new “finnix64″ AMD64 boot profile, netboot support with a built-in netboot setup wizard, MD RAID and LUKS [...]
Finnix 88.0 Released
Posted 2006-08-02 14:03 (link)
Finnix is a small, self-contained, bootable Linux CD distribution for system administrators, based on Debian testing. Today marks the release of version 88.0 for the x86, PowerPC, and UML/Xen platforms.
Finnix 88.0 features Linux 2.6.17, a faster, more complete hardware autodetection routine, DMA mode enabled by default, Broadcom 43xx support, a DOS boot profile, and NTFS [...]
Finnix 88.0: August 4
Posted 2006-07-27 23:49 (link)
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits eighty-eight miles per hour…
The ISOs have been mastered, the CDs have been printed, the shirts have arrived, the birthday party clown has been reserved… well, maybe not that last part. Finnix 88.0 will be released Thursday, August 4, the evening before DEFCON 14 begins. [...]
apt-get Broken in 87.0
Posted 2006-04-03 04:17 (link)
A rather nasty bug in unionfs for 2.6.16 has made installing via apt-get impossible. However, there is a workaround. You must move /var/lib/apt and /var/cache/apt to /tmp and reconfigure apt to use these new directories. A script has been released that makes this easier. Simply do:
- sh <(curl http://www.finnix.org/files/scripts/apt-get-unionfs-workaround)
This requires about [...]