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| Company / developer | Grml team and community |
| OS family | Unix-like |
| Working state | Current |
| Source model | Free software |
| Latest stable release | 2011.12 (codename Knecht Rootrecht) / December 23, 2011 |
| Kernel type | Monolithic kernel |
| License | GNU GPL[1] and others |
| Official website | grml.org |
Grml ( /ˈɡrɛməl/)[2] is an operating system based on Debian. It is primarily designed to run from a Live CD, but can be made to run from a USB flash drive, as well.[3] Grml aims to be well-suited for sysadmins and other users of text tools. It includes an X server along with a few minimalist window managers such as wmii, fluxbox, and openbox in order to use the graphical programs like Mozilla Firefox which are included in the distribution.
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In addition to the sysadmin tools, security and network related software, data recovery and forensic tools, editors, shells, and many text tools included with grml, the distribution focuses on accessibility by providing kernel support for speakup[4] and software like brltty, emacspeak, and flite.
Another feature Grml is its use of the Z Shell as the default login shell. The customized zsh configuration used by Grml can be retrieved from the project's repository.[5]
Since early 2009, Grml ISOs come with MirOS bsd4grml, a minimal MirOS BSD flavour. After the release of Grml “Lackdose-Allergie” 2009.05, daily ISOs and later releases, such as Grml “Hello-Wien” 2009.10, use the manifold-boot technology to provide ISOs that can be written directly to a USB stick, CF/SD card, hard disc, etc. and are immediately bootable. Since Grml 2010.12 the ISOLINUX loader is used in all cases by default, providing a consistent menu.
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