Finnix is a self-contained, bootable Linux CD distribution ("LiveCD" for system administrators, based on Debian. You can mount and manipulate hard drives and partitions, monitor networks, rebuild boot records, install other operating systems, and much more. Finnix includes the latest technologies for system administrators, hundreds of sysadmin-geared packages, and much more. And above all, Finnix is small enough to quickly download and write to a USB thumb drive or burn to a CD. Finnix is not intended for the average desktop user, and does not include any desktops or productivity tools in order to keep distribution size low.
Finnix 120 release notes:
Major new features Finnix is back from a 5 year hiatus! Finnix 120 is a complete overhaul, with the following major changes (as well as too many minor changes to enumerate):
Finnix 120 is now a native 64-bit amd64 userland and kernel system. For older 586/686/PowerPC support, Finnix 109 is recommended as the last Finnix release which was well-supported on those 32-bit platforms. Both BIOS and UEFI booting are now available, with Secure Boot. Hundreds of new utility packages have been added. Automatic setup attempts of complex block device layouts have been removed, in favor of management via udisksctl with tab-completion. Other legacy features and boot modes have been discontinued or are no longer supported, in favor of core USB/CD booting. ISO size has increased (477 MiB, from 160 MiB), but the goal is to continue to keep it under the size of a CD-R. NEALE, the bespoke build system used by Finnix, has been discontinued. Finnix is now built as a customized system based on the debian-live build software.
Release date 2020-05-14 Based on Debian 10.4 buster Kernel Linux 5.4 (Debian 5.4.0-0.bpo.4) Packages amd64 (586) Development codename Oneida
for system administrators, based on Debian. You can mount and manipulate hard drives and partitions, monitor networks, rebuild boot records, install other operating systems, and much more. Finnix includes the latest technologies for system administrators, hundreds of sysadmin-geared packages, and much more. And above all, Finnix is small enough to quickly download and write to a USB thumb drive or burn to a CD. Finnix is not intended for the average desktop user, and does not include any desktops or productivity tools in order to keep distribution size low.