[Grml] Grml - new stable release 2024.12 available

[John G. Heim]

Correction: I do get the GRML musical tones when booting is complete. I 
think I just missed it on the desktop I originally used to test the 
release. It has a small internal speaker. I tried it on another machine 
today with a better PC speaker and I heard the tones clearly.

Sorry for any confusing this may have caused.


On 12/27/24 12:06 PM, John G. Heim wrote:
> From the accessibility angle, this release works fine. I was able to 
> boot it on a desktop computer and activated speakup via a hardware 
> synth. I also booted a Macbook Pro and got speech via software synth. 
> Two minor problems. First, it didn't play that tone it used to play 
> when it was done booting. This feature was very nice for blind users 
> because you knew it was time to start speech. I think maybe that tone 
> went away several releases ago but it only just occured to me to miss 
> it. Second, braille did not start automatically. GRML used to activate 
> braille at boot so you could follow the messages as it booted. That 
> was another good way to tell when it had finished booting. As it is, 
> if you are blind, you have no way to tell what is going on until you 
> get speech working. I mean, if you are blind, you have no way to know 
> if it even recognized the GRML boot CD or flash drive, if it hung some 
> point in the boot process, or if it worked and all you have to do is 
> type the commands to start speech. About the only thing to do is to 
> try using one of those iPone apps intended for reading restaurant 
> menus to read you the screen. If brltty is included in the initrd, a 
> blind person at least knows it's booting. This can be so very 
> important given that GRML is a rescue distro. If the company's web 
> server is down, you don't want to depend on your phone giving you a 
> meaningful description of what is on the computer screen.
>
>
>
>
> On 12/20/24 4:49 AM, Michael Prokop wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> just in time for the end of the year 2024, we made available the
>> new Grml version 2024.12, code-named "Adventgrenze"!
>>
>> Our highlight for this release is the first time ever support of
>> 64-bit ARM systems (AKA arm64).
>>
>> More information about this release is available in the release
>> notes here:
>>
>> https://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml-2024.12/
>>
>> Grab the latest Grml ISO(s) and spread the word:
>>
>> https://grml.org/download/
>>
>> If you should notice any bugs please let us know:
>>
>> https://grml.org/bugs/
>>
>> We welcome constructive feedback, suggestions for improvement and
>> your contributions, please just reach out to us:
>>
>> https://grml.org/contact/
>>
>> BTW: We celebrate 20(!) Years of Grml Releases.
>> Please join us in celebrating and send us a postcard!
>>
>> https://blog.grml.org/archives/417-20-years-grml-releases.html
>>
>> We want to thank netcup for their financial contribution for
>> implementing arm64 support.
>>
>> Thanks to everyone contributing to Grml and this release!
>> Take care and happy Grml-ing!
>>
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>>
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