Finnix 121 just released

aaronco36 aaronco36 at SDF.ORG
Tue Aug 11 14:13:20 PDT 2020


Version 121 of the Debian-based text/CLI distro Finnix, "the LiveCD for 
system administrators", was just released yesterday; see 
https://www.finnix.org/

Quoting the Finnix 121 release notes from 
https://www.finnix.org/Finnix_121_release_notes
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Major new features
Finnix 121 includes a number of fixes, new packages and new features:

* Switched back to building against Debian testing
* Added packages:
______*  ranger
______*  cpu-checker
______*  edid-decode
______*  ipmitool
______*  lldpd
______*  oathtool
______*  sdparm
______*  sipcalc
______*  socat
______*  xorriso
______*  zfs-fuse
* Removed packages:
______* sl (can be annoying)
______* cdbackup, dvd+rw-tools, wodim (replaced by xorriso)
______* lilo (removed from Debian testing due to GCC-10 FTBFS)
______* udisks2-vdo (removed from Debian; obsolete)
* serial-getty consoles are now usable
* Non-zero exit codes are now displayed in PS1
* Added "0" command for easier access to keyboard configuration
* GRUB is now being used for both BIOS and UEFI booting
* Removed GRUB initial boot beep
* Re-added shared per-user SSH agents
* Fixed SSH remote access
* Enabled zram swap compression, 50% of physical RAM
* Release ISOs layouts are again being optimized for CD-ROMs
______* This has no negative (or positive) effect when the ISO is written 
to a USB key, but speeds up CD-ROM booting by placing all known files used 
during startup sequentially toward the end of the ISO
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-A

aaronco36 at sdf.org


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