Grml Reviews and details

Social recommendations and mentions

• Show HN: 3 years and 1M users later, I just open-sourced my "Internet OS"

  GRML is a successor of sorts to Knoppix: https://grml.org/ It's an Austrian LiveCD based on Debian; version 2024.02 was just released. It's not as slick as Knoppix, but it does come with lots of utilities and can start an X Windows desktop. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 months ago

• OpenBSD KDE Plasma Desktop

  The trick is, figuring out the names of the packages you want. :-\ Experiment, and take notes, I guess. I had a fun experience playing with `grml-debootstrap', GRML¹ being a command-line-oriented LiveCD built upon Debian. Once you’ve booted up, that app installs a minimal Debian instance on your computer. I haven't tried using the stock Debian `debootstrap' utility. 1: https://grml.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

• Live USB non GUI distro

  For rescue/live admin boot there are a lot of options. As a debian (server) user I'm partial to grml which supports most of what I need to do in rescue situations. Source: 12 months ago

• aegsgrsgegsegsg

  She: [GRML](https://grml.org/)!!! Oh wow, you did... But I didn't s[Kwort](https://kwort.org/) though... Source: about 1 year ago

• How to for grml based PirateBox?

  Years ago, u/MaStr83 contacted the http://grml.org team to add the hostapd package to the iso file. Back then, it was possible to use the old python based scripts to create a „live“ piratebox. Source: over 1 year ago

• having hard time installing zsh on Knoppix.

  Therefore, you better take a look at https://grml.org. Grml uses officially the zsh. Source: over 1 year ago

• Need entry level distro for teenage sibling living with control freak parents

  Yikes! That sounds terrible! Are you sure that the bios isn't locked with a password and that the device can boot from a usb drive? An old netbook or phone might be a better option. For live linux, I've used Grml and Knoppix. Good luck! Source: over 1 year ago

• It's Official: Ubuntu 23.04 will be titled Lunar Lobster

  Nothing against Ubuntu. But the code names of Grml's releases are still much better. At least if you speak German. Source: over 1 year ago

• what's your go to drive clone software

  Usually boot up a grml usb stick and use ddrescue. Source: over 1 year ago

• LVM LV turns read-only on activation

  Hello, I am trying to rescue a system using grml, and I am failing. The disk is /dev/sda, and /dev/sda3 is a LVM physical volume. Source: over 1 year ago

• Maintenance free system multi booting

  The grub-main.cfg that the grub.cfg file actually calls. The idea comes from grml. We can see that it is sourcing a header, a footer, and the main/real .cfg files, like the entry shown above. - Source: dev.to / over 2 years ago

• I'm looking to switch to Linux, but wanted to be sure when

  Yes. You'll just need something like the GParted Live CD or Grml to carve out some space to install to. Source: over 2 years ago

• Disaster recovery plan for Ubuntu system

  So as long as update-grub can look around in the system with its filtered view of /proc/mounts, see that /boot is /dev/sdb1, which is a partition of /dev/sdb and deduce that this is where grub needs to be installed, all is well, and that is a part that hasn't changed significantly in years, and is easily replicated even with other boot media (like grml) -- there is almost no intelligence in the installer here. Source: over 2 years ago

• Which is the most underrated Linux distro out there?

  Late to the party, but one I always have laying around is grml (https://grml.org/) , to paraphrase their own description: Grml is a bootable live system based on Debian, which includes a collection of software for system administrators. Grml is especially well suited for administrative tasks like installation, deployment and system rescue. Source: almost 3 years ago

• Breaking into a highly STIG'd Windows 10 Computer that has Bitlocker

  If you are comfortable with a Linux command line you can use dislocker to mount the drive as if it were unencrypted and chntpw to clear passwords from admin accounts. The Grml distribution ships a live CD that includes both of these tools. Source: almost 3 years ago

• Pop!_OS recovery mode equivalent for Arch Linux?

  It installs Grml https://grml.org/, a live Linux intended for system admin and recovery in the EFI partition. You will need about 329 MB space in your partition if you use the small image. Source: about 3 years ago