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Fresh stable release available
I just uploaded a fresh stable release. There are no big changes regarding the development build from two weeks ago. The linux kernel now is 3.9.10, Firefox and Thunderbird were also updated. Two small new features are integrated: USB installer Install LessLinux search and rescue to a thumb drive. In the installer you can select […]
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New development build with kernel 3.10.5 available + new tools
The last weeks saw many improvements that especially targetted reliability. As you probably know, LessLinux contains a feature called “ISOhybrid conversion”: Official ISO images are valid HDD images as well, so you can either burn them on a DVD or “dd” them to a thumb drive (Windows users will take Win32DiskImager to write to an […]
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Fresh stable build available: Kernel 3.9.4, UEFI Support and many more
After kernel 3.8.13 was declared EOL I switched to kernel 3.9 and moved the build system to GCC 4.8.0. Besides the new kernel this release adds lots of changes and improvements.
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Release: LessLinux Search and Rescue 1.5
I am proud to present release 1.5 of LessLinux Search and Rescue. This is the first stable, open and free release from a series of rescue and recovery systems previously featured in magazines like Computer Bild. The CD targets both users unfamiliar with linux who are in search of a easy to handle live system […]
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Fresh development build: ISOhybrid conversion and boot on Xen
Please do not think I didn’t work on LessLinux in the last weeks! On September 15th there will be a large press conference, where a new, LessLinux based distribution will be unveiled. Some features of this distribution are now available on current development builds. I am proud to present a development build that nicely demoes […]
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ALSA included — now with sound
Here we go again. I just included the base ALSA files, some kernel modules and device nodes to make sure sound is working. Currently sound is muted after boot, so you have to run alsamixer and use the key M to unmute front and PCM (OO is unmuted). Use the arrow keys to change the […]
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WICD included — now with WLAN
Next step: I included the wireless tools, wpa_supplicant and WICD as a graphical frontend. All PCI and USB cards supported by the Vanilla kernel 2.6.29.5 should now be automatically loaded. I re-built the kernel with support for some staging drivers. Firmware for WLAN cards is included for Ralink cards, other firmwares and an update to […]
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Presenting Matt’s Magical Mount Manager
Another build, another new tool: mmmm is a simple yet efficient mount manager that clearly shows to which physical drive a volume belongs: mmmm is built around the XML output of lshw and uses just Ruby and Ruby/Gtk. No DBUS, HAL or Policy Kit required which makes it attractive for builds that try to be […]
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Xconfgui added, packages updated
Another major step is done: An easy to use graphical frontend is added to adjust some final settings before starting into the desktop. The functions currently implemented are: Start of the X-Server to automatically detect the graphics card: Install LessLinux to an USB stick: Use or create encrypted containers: Set the user password: Adjust monitor […]