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Finnix, a LiveCD Linux distro for system administrators, is available in version 93.0.
Originally thought a maintenance release after the last update in December 2008, Finnix 93.0 nevertheless provides significant enhancements. The distro is based on the Debian Testing branch and thus brings with it the branch's software status as of August 8.
Finnix has a command line interface and is otherwise Spartan in that it has no desktop environment, office programs or sound support. The compressed CD images are no more than 130 MBytes.
The Linux kernel version is 2.6.30, based on the Debian Testing kernel 2.6.30-5. Developers upgraded Memtest85+ to 2.11 and removed EVMS (which is now unmaintained upstream) and FTP (it uses LFTP instead). Further details are in the release notes.
Finnix 93.0 downloads are ISO images for x86 and PowerPC processors. The distro also runs as guest on Xen and User Mode Linux (UML) systems.
(Mathias Huber)
Comments
Debian testing userland, with a 2.6.30 kernel
Ryan Finnie
Aug 21, 2009 9:26am GMT
Finnix's userland comes almost completely from Debian testing, but the kernel is usually from unstable (2.6.30-5 in this case). Hope that clears up the confusion.
You mean unstable.
Manolo
Aug 13, 2009 7:01pm GMT
No. Linux-2.6.30-5 isn't still in testing. You can only find it in Debian unstable.
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Debian testing userland, with a 2.6.30 kernel
Ryan Finnie Aug 21, 2009 9:26am GMT
Finnix's userland comes almost completely from Debian testing, but the kernel is usually from unstable (2.6.30-5 in this case). Hope that clears up the confusion.You mean unstable.
Manolo Aug 13, 2009 7:01pm GMT
No. Linux-2.6.30-5 isn't still in testing. You can only find it in Debian unstable.