The first maintenance release of the Finnix 92.0 Linux distribution was released today by Ryan Finnie, its developer. The most significant feature of Finnix 92.1 (codename Crandon) is the new Debian 2.6.26-7 based Linux kernel. "Finnix 92.1 is a regular maintenance release. New features include Linux kernel 2.6.26, updated upstream software, and x86 boot menu cleanups." - said Ryan Finnie in the release announcement.

Finnix is an operating system designed to be used by system administrators for tasks like network monitoring, hard drives partitioning, rebuilding MBRs or installing other operating systems. Finnix 92.1 includes the following changes since the 92.0 release:

· The Linux kernel packages were updated to version 2.6.26 (based on Debian's 2.6.26-7);
· In the x86 boot menu, a space was added after the boot parameters. In order to add extra boot parameters, select a menu item, press the Tab button, then type the parameters;
· The cheat codes for the x86 boot screen were re-added. Users can access them with the F2 key;
· Added the emad game. emad is an action/adventure side-scrolling RPG platformer game, about a kid and his loving pet pig. The action takes place in the 38th century, Scotland;
· The dvdrtools package was removed, because wodim offers the same functionality;
· dist-upgrade.

The Finnix Linux operating system is equipped with the latest technology for system administrators, with Linux kernel 2.6, LVM2, encrypted partitions, and more. It is over 300 MB, but is dynamically compressed into a bootable ISO image of approximately 100 MB. Finnix is not targeted at the average desktop user and doesn't have features like productivity tools, sound support or any desktop environments. It is available for the following platforms: x86, AMD64, PowerPC, and UML/Xen.

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