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Expand Up @@ -23,41 +23,41 @@ About [the codename]({{< ref "faq#releasename" >}}).
### Important changes

* This release is based on Debian testing/forky as of April 2026.
* BIOS boot uses GRUB2 instead of ISOLINUX ([grml/grml-live#459](https://github.com/grml/grml-live/pull/459))
* `en_DK.UTF-8` is used as new default for LC_TIME ([grml/grml-live#265](https://github.com/grml/grml-live/issue/265), [grml/grml-live#276](https://github.com/grml/grml-live/issue/276), [grml/grml-live#482](https://github.com/grml/grml-live/pull/482))

### New and removed features

New software since the Grml 2025.12 release is included, and we continued to clean up the house. Noteworthy changes are:

#### [grml-live](https://github.com/grml/grml-live/) - build system for creating Grml (based) Linux live systems:

* Uses GRUB 2 for BIOS boot instead of ISOLINUX ([grml/grml-live#459](https://github.com/grml/grml-live/pull/459))
* grml-terminalserver was added on arm64 ([grml/grml-live#480](https://github.com/grml/grml-live/pull/480))
* Uses en_DK.UTF-8 as new default for LC_TIME ([grml/grml-live#265](https://github.com/grml/grml-live/issue/265), [grml/grml-live#276](https://github.com/grml/grml-live/issue/276), [grml/grml-live#482](https://github.com/grml/grml-live/pull/482))
* Incorporate previously separate package grml-hostname ([grml/grml#225](https://github.com/grml/grml/issues/225), [grml/grml-live#425](https://github.com/grml/grml-live/pull/415))
* Incorporate previously separate package grml-scripts ([grml/grml#225](https://github.com/grml/grml/issues/225), [grml/grml-live#425](https://github.com/grml/grml-live/pull/415))

Detailed changes: [grml-live v0.55.1 to v0.56.0](https://github.com/grml/grml-live/compare/v0.55.1...v0.56.0) [[^1]]

[^1]: [1]: Note, that when comparing the changes between [grml-live v0.55.1 to v0.56.0](https://github.com/grml/grml-live/compare/v0.55.1...v0.56.0) it includes all commits from grml-hostname.
To only list the changes from grml-live v0.55.1 to v0.56.0 use the following git command to exclude all commits from grml-hostname which were created before grml-live v0.55.1 was released.
[^1]: [1]: Note, that when comparing the changes between [grml-live v0.55.1 to v0.56.0](https://github.com/grml/grml-live/compare/v0.55.1...v0.56.0) it includes all commits from grml-scripts.
To only list the changes from grml-live v0.55.1 to v0.56.0 use the following git command to exclude all commits from grml-scripts which were created before grml-live v0.55.1 was released.

`git log --oneline --no-merges --after "2025-12-11 18:41:18 +0100"`

#### [grml-debootstrap](https://github.com/grml/grml-debootstrap) - Debian system install tool:

* Dropped support for Debian v11 / bullseye and replaced isc-dhcp-client with dhcpcd-base ([grml/grml-debootstrap#366](https://github.com/grml/grml-debootstrap/pull/366))
* Added Raspberry Pi image generation support [grml/grml-debootstrap#335](https://github.com/grml/grml-debootstrap/pull/335))
* Drop support for Debian v11 / bullseye and replaced isc-dhcp-client with dhcpcd-base ([grml/grml-debootstrap#366](https://github.com/grml/grml-debootstrap/pull/366))
* Add Raspberry Pi image generation support [grml/grml-debootstrap#335](https://github.com/grml/grml-debootstrap/pull/335))

Detailed changes: [grml-debootstrap v0.123 to v0.127](https://github.com/grml/grml-debootstrap/compare/v0.123...v0.127)

#### [grml-terminalserver](https://github.com/grml/grml-terminalserver) - terminalserver for Grml:

* Add support for dnsmasq as DHCP server alternative ([grml/grml-terminalserver#20](https://github.com/grml/grml-terminalserver/pull/20))
* Add to arm64 ISO ([grml/grml-live#480](https://github.com/grml/grml-live/pull/480))

#### [grml2usb](https://github.com/grml/grml2usb) - install Grml ISOs to USB keys:

* Uses GRUB for BIOS boot ([grml/grml2usb#104](https://github.com/grml/grml2usb/pull/104))
* Droppd mkisofs/genisoimage support, requires xorriso ([ff92ca9](https://github.com/grml/grml2usb/commit/ff92ca9))
* Replaced mbrldr/mbrmgr with syslinux MBR ([c695dda](https://github.com/grml/grml2usb/commit/c695dda))
* Use GRUB2 for BIOS boot ([grml/grml2usb#104](https://github.com/grml/grml2usb/pull/104))
* Drop mkisofs/genisoimage support, requires xorriso ([ff92ca9](https://github.com/grml/grml2usb/commit/ff92ca9))
* Replace mbrldr/mbrmgr with syslinux MBR ([c695dda](https://github.com/grml/grml2usb/commit/c695dda))

Detailed changes: [grml2usb v0.20.10..v0.20.13](https://github.com/grml/grml2usb/compare/v0.20.10...v0.20.13)

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