Grml 2025.12 Linux Distro Is Out Based on Debian Forky and Linux Kernel 6.17

Grml, a live bootable Linux distro based on Debian and designed for system administrators and users of text tools, has been updated today to version 2025.12, a release that introduces new and updated tools.

Powered by Linux kernel 6.17 and based on Debian Testing/Forky repositories as of December 11th, 2025, the Grml 2025.12 (codename Postwurfsendung) release updates the grml-live build system for creating Grml (based) Linux live systems with a new TOR class, support for the grml-desktop package, and Debian Bookworm as the minimum host OS.

Grml 2025.12 also updates the grml-scripts console scripts to remove support for old scripts, including grepc, grepedit, iimage, logview, mailhops, notifyd, osd_server, qma, dirvish-setup, grml-iptstate, make_chroot_jail, and grml-swapon, and updates the grml-zshrc Zsh configuration with support for syncing global aliases from zshrc.local