New TurnKey Core version (13.0)

Changes:

  • Upgraded base distribution to Debian Wheezy 7.2.
  • TurnKey Backup and Migration (tklbam):
    • Added PostgreSQL database support.
    • Added MySQL support for views and triggers.
    • Added --raw-upload and --dump options to backup.
    • Added --raw-download and --simulate options to restore.
    • Added "inspect" state to hooks mechanism.
    • Multiple backup and restore bugfixes and improvements. https://github.com/turnkeylinux/tklbam/blob/master/docs/RelNotes-1.3.txt
  • Web management console (webmin):
    • Upgraded webmin to 1.630.
    • New version includes new BSDfdisk modules.
  • Bugfixes and tweaks:
    • busybox-initramfs: custom built enabling initramfs support.
    • resolvconf: set resolver timeout to 1 second (useful when offline).

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New TurnKey Core version (12.1)

Changes:

  • Upgraded base distribution to Debian Squeeze 6.0.7.
  • Available in both 32-bit (i386) and 64-bit (amd64) architectures.
  • TurnKey Backup and Migration (tklbam):
    • Fixed MySQL deserialization code (duplicated last element in row if > 1MB).
    • Fixed keypacket AES cipher initialization required as of python-crypto 2.6.
    • Added jitter to tklbam-backup cron job.
    • Refactored to use pycurl-wrapper's new API class.
  • TurnKey Configuration Console (confconsole):
    • Fixed multiple network interface support (LP#1045320).
    • Added support for --usage (no advanced menu options).
    • Replaced kbd recommendation with console-tools | console-utilities.
  • TurnKey Initialization Hooks (inithooks):
    • Implemented turnkey-init-fence for headless deployments.
    • Re-implemented turnkey-init in Python.
    • Display confconsole usage as last screen of turnkey-init.
    • Improved hooks sub-execution and handling of CTRL-C.
    • Imported common hooks from overlay into package.
    • Limit paragraph width for better UX.
    • Replaced kbd dependency with console-tools | console-utilities.
  • Web management console (webmin):
    • Upgraded webmin to 1.620.
    • New version includes new ISCSI modules and a gray theme.
  • Web shell (shellinabox):
    • Support new keycodes (dash, underscore) used by firefox 15+ (LP#1104164).
    • Install available options as is without renaming or enabling.
    • Enable default options (white-on-black, color) postinst.
    • Fixed broken packaging of stray option styling files.
    • Fixed colors to support dialog interfaces.
  • TurnKey Python Library (turnkey-pylib):
    • Multiple improvements to Parallelize and Command modules.
    • Added 20 new modules.
  • Bugfixes and tweaks:
    • packages: added curl (generically useful).
    • packages: acpi-support-base (handle acpi events - LP#101194).
    • apt: replaced auto-apt-archive with Debian's CDN mirror network.
    • apt: updated trusted.gpg.d/$release to $distro.
    • apt: removed ubuntu trusted key.
    • bash: improved bashrc whitespace support (LP#932388).
    • bash: added useful git aliases (see ~/.bashrc.d/git).
    • di-live: updated architecture config and bootloader depends.
    • di-live: replaced kbd recommendation with console-tools | console-utilities.
    • busybox-initramfs: custom built enabling initramfs support.
    • casper: updated path_id execution per udev changes.
    • sshd: disabled dns checks (if resolution fails will prevent logins).
    • motd: tweaked configuration to support upcoming Wheezy release.
    • pycurl-wrapper: added timeout support, created new API class.
    • hubdns: increased jitter, refactored to use pycurl-wrapper's API class.
  • Latest versions of all packages will be installed during build.

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New TurnKey Core version (12.0)

Changes:

  • Upgraded base distribution to Debian Squeeze 6.0.5.
    • Support for dependency based boot sequence (insserv).
    • Default ISO Kernel 2.6-686 (TKL Core Lenny was 486).
  • TKLBAM (backup and migration):
    • Upgraded to latest version of TKLBAM (see changelog for details, below are some of the highlights).
    • Added embedded squid download cache support.
    • Added backup resume functionality.
    • Added support for multipart parallel uploads to S3.
    • Upgraded duplicity and python-boto.
    • Multipart parallel S3 uploads.
    • Fixed root cause of MySQL max packet issue (bugfix).
  • Installer (di-live):
    • Upgraded di-live to latest version compatible with Squeeze.
    • Misc bugfixes and tweaks.
  • Boot (bootsplash and grub):
    • Upgraded bootsplash generation to be compatible with Squeeze.
    • Removed bootsplash unused panel options and extraneous files.
    • Tweaked grub default timeouts (hidden_timeout=0, timeout=3).
  • Locale:
    • Set default locale to en_US.UTF-8 (was en_GB).
    • Updated locale configuration for compatibility with Squeeze.
    • Includes localepurge (pre-configured and initialized).
  • Web management console (webmin):
    • Upgraded webmin to 1.590 and default theme.
    • Disabled inline webmin upgrades (managed by APT).
    • Moved history logging to /var/webmin (incorrect use of /etc).
  • Web shell (shellinabox):
    • Upgraded shellinabox to 2.14.
  • Bugfixes and tweaks:
    • Fixed LSB compatibility (di-live, inithooks, confconsole) [LP#700399].
    • Added support for spaces in bashrc promptpath [LP#932388].
    • Replaced APT trusted.db with trusted.gpg.d/$distro.
    • Added bashmarks (super useful bash bookmarking).
    • Removal of log files generated during build.
    • inithooks: Improved headless deployment (REDIRECT_OUTPUT directive).
    • etckeeper: Uninitialization post build and firstboot (turnkey-init).
    • resolvconf: Removed upstart hack (not relevant on Squeeze).
    • confconsole: Miscallaneous bugfixes and refactoring.
    • install-security-updates: Wrapper script for convenience.

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