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Automatic language detection
I just added automatic langauge detection, kind of small magic before an internet connection exists. How does it work? Currently it searches for the last recently used NTUSER.DAT and reads the registry key “Control Panel\International\LocaleName” from there. Of course this requires a windows installation to be present. But since this feature is targeted at some […]
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Moving to kernel 3.17.4, adding i3 tiling window manager
I just prepared a fresh build based on kernel 3.17.4. The biggest difference is that the kernel configuration is now based on Ubuntus 3.16. On the one hand this means many drivers are included that your live system will never need, on the other hand some drivers are known to work better in this configuration. […]
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Hello, FRED!
I just want to introduce a new tool. Fred, the forensic registry editor by Daniel Gillen is included in the latest builds.
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OpenVAS included, GUI for BLOB installation
We made some progress in both handling of BLOBs (binary large objects, programs like Google Chrome or TeamViewer that are only available as binary packages. A new feature is the integration of OpenVAS, a vulnerability scanner to detect unsafe devices in your networks. I am especially proud for my wrapper script to start OpenVAS: This […]
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Introducing BLOB support
About one and a half years ago I started implementing suport for the possibility to persistently add binary applications to LessLinux. This enables adding closed source binary only software without polluting the open source build tree. BLOB support was used in a commercial derivative to include TeamViewer. Now it is also possible to add Google […]
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LessLinux Safersurf – Testversion verfügbar
Sorry, no English version yet. You may run “LessLinux Safersurf” in English by changing lang=de to lang=en, but some tools will still use german localization, international builds will follow. Leser einiger deutscher Computerzeitschriften kennen meine Systeme zum “Sicheren Surfen”. Den Anfang machte das 2009 und 2010 zusammen mit dem BSI entwickelte System “COMPUTER BILD Sicher […]
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Fresh unstable with kernel 3.15.4 available
I just finished building a fresh unstable using kernel 3.15.4. During the boot process no legacy map files for kernel modules are used anymore. So please tell me should booting from USB fail. A major change is that the stage03 build command and git SHA1SUM are now available in /etc/lesslinux/updater (look at the screenshot). This […]
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Announcing “big fat full” builds + fork me on GitHub
I am proud to announce a new series. This is called “big fall full” – codenamed “Jabba”. It solves two purposes: Provide a simple way to include all packages that are built in the second stage in the live ISO Give the most simple starting point for building LessLinux and derived distributions The second big […]
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Let’s develop further
Here we go with a fresh development build. The build and the included software is quite stable, but menus, themes and small stuff need lots of cleanup. Xorg moved to 1.15 and Mesa to 10.1. This allowed inclusion of some games like Quadrapassel that I like to play during data rescue or forensic sessions. A […]
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Fresh development build with kernel 3.12.6 available
I just uploaded a fresh development build that uses kernel 3.12. The biggest change however ist the move to Gtk3 for some applications.