Releases: fsfw-dresden/usb-live-linux
FSFW Sticks 2794k (Xfce Desktop, Debian 12, amd64)
This «Freie Software Freies Wissen» Live Stick release is based on Debian 12 „bookworm“ (+ backports and 3rd-party repositories) and contains a variety of free open source software (and a few non-free tools). The images are meant to be copied onto USB pen drives with at least 32 GB of storage.
They contain a special persistence partition layout and need to be written as is to the flash drive. We recommend the software Etcher if you happen to use 🪟 windows or 🍎 apple, block map tool if you are running linux and prefer a command-line alternative. With the latter, you could also directly write to an USB drive from the internet by carefully executing bmaptool copy [Image URL] [Block device] as root.
The sticks currently boot in German by default. If you press e in the boot menu to edit and remove the locales=de_DE.UTF-8 parameter, it will boot in English. You can also change the keyboard-layouts=de parameter to set a different keyboard layout. We'll be adding a way to choose the language on boot-up more easily in the coming weeks.
Generic Schulstick image
Image-File (14.7GiB): FSFW-Schulstick_2794k_Xfce_bookworm-amd64.hybrid.img.gz
SHA256 checksum: e128ca4afd10cf7c44ef327d2c1f68a68df65487f8f181633605ad857a0ee15f
Generic Uni-stick image
This contains 3 gigabytes more software (LaTeX, scientific tools) than the schulstick edition and is configured a bit more towards academic use.
Image-File (17.5GiB): FSFW-Uni-Stick_2794k_Xfce_bookworm-amd64.hybrid.img.gz
SHA256 checksum: bd80e760e0704ac66eac0df148258e9466bed47b26bf7159819bcb4790f1ec22
OSEG Makerstick image
The makerstick contains even more tools specifically aimed at makers (for 3D printing, KiCAD, system monitoring etc.) than the uni-stick edition. It also comes with a dark theme and some special desktop wallpapers to honour our partnership with the Open Source Ecology Germany e.V..
Image-File (19.8GiB): OSEG-Makerstick_2794k_Xfce_bookworm-amd64.hybrid.img.gz
SHA256 checksum: 28fff8e2f0e1902e04f5c7e069aebfcb8c3958c46db8b813a83c3209dd2fb0d8
Changelog
Here's the full log of changes to last year's release: 2405d...2794k
FSFW Sticks 2405d (Xfce Desktop, Debian 11, amd64)
This «Freie Software Freies Wissen» Live Stick release is based on Debian 11 „bullseye“ (+ backports and 3rd-party repositories) and contains a variety of free open source software (and some few non-free tools). This image is meant for writing onto an USB pen drive with storage of at least 16 GB, better 32 GB.
As this needs to be written as is, we recommend the software Etcher if you happen to use 🪟 windows or 🍎 apple, block map tool if you are running linux and prefer a command-line alternative. With this, you could also directly write to an USB drive without download by carefully executing bmaptool copy [Image URL] [Block device] as root.
The sticks currently boot in German by default. If you press e in the boot menu to edit and remove the locales=de_DE.UTF-8 parameter, it will boot in English. You can also change the keyboard-layouts=de parameter to set a different keyboard layout. We'll be adding a way to choose the language on boot-up more easily.
Generic Schulstick image
Image-File (11.2GiB): FSFW-Schulstick_2405d_Xfce_bullseye-amd64.hybrid.img.gz
SHA256 checksum: 95919cfe65d6effbdffd73289530cb65d31e83e31fb3af72e8ab773ba5c09031
Generic Uni-stick image
This contains 3 gigabytes more software (LaTeX, scientific tools) than the schoolstick edition and is configured a bit more towards academic use.
Image-File (13.8GiB): FSFW-Uni-Stick_2405d_Xfce_bullseye-amd64.hybrid.img.gz
SHA256 checksum: ae03abb3192349d536b121c12c3e302f6837c9817256f62b266eb4452ffc392d
FSFW-Uni-Stick 2286a Xfce bullseye amd64
Release Candidate: please test, break and report back.
This is a generic Uni-stick image. It contains 3 gigabytes more software than the schoolstick edition and configured a little bit different.
It is based on Debian 11 „bullseye“ (+ backports and 3rd-party repositories) and contains a variety of free open source software (and some few non-free tools). This image is meant for writing onto an USB pen drive with storage of at least 16 GB, better 32 GB.
As this needs to be written as is, we recommend the software Etcher if you suffer from windows or 🍎, block map tool if you are running linux and prefer a command-line alternative. With this, you could also directly write to an USB drive without download by carefully executing bmaptool copy [Image URL] [Block device] as root.
Image-File (13GiB): FSFW-Uni-Stick_2286a_Xfce_bullseye-amd64.hybrid.img.gz
SHA256 checksum: 95919cfe65d6effbdffd73289530cb65d31e83e31fb3af72e8ab773ba5c09031
FSFW-Schulstick 2286a Xfce bullseye amd64
Release Candidate: please test, break and report back.
This is a generic Schulstick image.
It is based on Debian 11 „bullseye“ (+ backports and 3rd-party repositories) and contains a variety of free open source software (and some few non-free tools). This image is meant for writing onto an USB pen drive with storage of at least 16 GB, better 32 GB.
As this needs to be written as is, we recommend the software Etcher if you suffer from windows or 🍎, block map tool if you are running linux and prefer a command-line alternative. With this, you could also directly write to an USB drive without download by carefully executing bmaptool copy [Image URL] [Block device] as root.
Image-File (10GiB): FSFW-Schulstick_2286a_Xfce_bullseye-amd64.hybrid.img.gz
SHA256 checksum: c031e9d521b206a9c0100a65aecf32e140416aa59b3f994f494c33aafc5bfd4f
FSFW-Schulstick 2021.4
Der Freie-Software-Freies-Wissen-Schulstick 2021.4
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Image-Datei (7,5 GiB): FSFW-Schulstick_1734v_Xfce_buster-amd64.img.gz
dazugehörige SHA256-Prüfsumme: FSFW-Schulstick_1734v_Xfce_buster-amd64.img.gz.sha256sum
Die aktuelle Version (1734v / 2021-04-24) basiert auf Debian-Linux 10 (stable, codename »buster«) und dem Xfce-Desktop.
Bespielen eines USB-Sticks
Für die Installation des FSFW-Schulsticks braucht es einen USB-Stick guter Qualität mit mindestens 16-Gigabyte Kapazität. Weiterhin braucht man ein spezielles Programm, um das Bespielen durchzuführen. Der Einfachheit halber empfehlen wir dafür den Etcher, den es dort für verschiedene Betriebssysteme zum Download gibt.
Damit einfach die komprimierte Image-Datei auswählen und per Knopfdruck auf den Stick "flashen". Das Programm verifiziert den erzeugten Stick auch, so dass bei erfolgreich vermeldetem Abschluss der Stick auch funktionieren sollte.
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FSFW-Schulstick 2020.0
Der Freie-Software-Freies-Wissen-Schulstick 2020.0
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Image-Datei (7 GiB): FSFW-Schulstick_1368v_Xfce_buster-amd64.img.bz2
dazugehörige SHA256-Prüfsumme: FSFW-Schulstick_1368v_Xfce_buster-amd64.img.bz2.sha256sum
Die aktuelle Version (1368v / 2020-04-22) basiert auf Debian-Linux 10 (stable, codename »buster«) und dem Xfce-Desktop.
Bespielen eines USB-Sticks
Für die Installation des FSFW-Schulsticks braucht es einen 16-Gigabyte-USB-Stick guter Qualität. Weiterhin braucht man ein spezielles Programm, um das Bespielen durchzuführen. Der Einfachheit halber empfehlen wir dafür den Etcher, den es dort für verschiedene Betriebssysteme zum Download gibt.
Damit einfach die komprimierte Image-Datei auswählen und per Knopfdruck auf den Stick "flashen". Das Programm verifiziert den erzeugten Stick auch, so dass bei erfolgreich vermeldetem Abschluss der Stick auch funktionieren sollte.
Mehr Infos
Release 0.1.3
FSFW-Uni-Stick Ausgabe 19.10.2017