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With this new release, the main changes are :

• Upgrade to Debian Trixie
• Apt : use the new deb822 format (.sources) instead of the old format (.list)
• "dhclient" is replaced by "dhcpcd"
• GNS3 : in the tools menu, add the commands fast-vwifi and fast-wifi-docker
• Fluxbox : menu : services : add the option to "restart"
• Consoles: fonts now have a default size of 11 pixels
• VMRaizo :the VM starts the "STARTUPFORALLVMRAIZO" script even if it doesn't have its own script.
• VMRaizo : the startup scripts can be symbolic link
• VM Debian : the kernel reboots automatically if it crashes.... read more

With this new release, the main changes are :

• Bug Fixes and more improvements
• fast-backup-lab : Add the option "-v" to exclude the file with the version of VMRaizo
• VMRaizo : apt : fixes bug: correct commented source list for Debian Trixie

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With this new release, the main changes are :

• fast-http : add the option "-p" to set the port to use (instead of the default 80)
• fast-http : display a warning and quit if the selected port is already used
• fast-restore-lab : displays a progress bar during temporary decompression
• fast-save-project : you can use "/opt/raizo/script/ftp_upload_with_checksum.sh" to upload a file to an ftp and checks that the checksum of the uploaded file matches the local file.
• VM Debian : the hard disk size is increased up to 80GB
• VM Debian : add fast-http
• VM DDebian : gns3 saves automatically the folder "/opt/raizo/keep"... read more

With this new release, the main changes are :

• fast-dhcp : The IPs provided are sequential instead of based on MAC addresses
• fast-dhcp : Add 2 parameters : "-d" (do not propagate the gateway to clients) and "-n" (do not propagate the DNS to clients)
• fast-restore-lab : now the "-v" option is also usable when GNS3 is started
• fast-restore-lab : no longer display the version warning if the GNS3 project does not use the Debian template disk
• Put “xml.cisco.com” back into “/etc/hosts"
• Do not install the firmware firmware-realtek-rtl8723cs-bt (generates a conflict in the building)
• X : menu "change the brightness of the screen" : can use the hardware mode (with "brightnessctl") or the sofware mode (with "xrandr")
• VM Debian : pre-downloaded package : add "rdnssd" : daemon program providing client-side support for DNS configuration... read more

With this new release, the main changes are :

• Bug Fixes and more improvements
• GNS3 : DDebian uses an orange version of the Debian logo.
• fast-memo : Add US version of memo on "IPv6", "MySQL", "User", "Vlan", "Tap", "Wifi", "X", ...

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With this new release, the main changes are :

• Update debian bugged drivers
• X : add menu to reload the desktop ( Config / Reload Desktops )
• Compatible with backup project of version 15.24.09.08i

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With this new release, the main changes are :

• GNS3 : in the tools menu, add the command "fast-nat"
• VM Debian : The names of the network interfaces are no longer modified in "enps". Now they remain "ens3" to "ens8"
• VM Debian : the VMs load first the script "/home/user/.STARTUPFORALLVMRAIZO"
• VM Debian : add the tool "arp-scan"
• VM Debian : remove the "exim4" package
• VM Debian : pre-downloaded package : add "postfix"
• VM Debian : tmux : new pane uses the current path... read more

With this new release, the main changes are :

• fast-restore-lab : add the parameter "-e" to display only error messages. The file "/opt/raizo/etc/disable_output_log.lock" enables also this option.
• VM Debian : add the command "fast-console-resize" (useful in web-ui)
• VM Debian : pre-downloaded package : add chrony (serveur NTP)
• VM Debian : pre-downloaded package : add systemd-timesyncd (minimalistic service to synchronize local time with NTP servers)
• VM Debian : pre-downloaded package : add haproxy (fast and reliable load balancing reverse proxy)
• VM Debian : pre-downloaded package : add heartbeat (subsystem for high-availability Linux)... read more

With this new release, the main changes are :

• Add the alias "tailf" equals to "tail -f"
• grc : remove the colored output for the commands cat, tail, tailf, head with the conf and log files
• Add the command bat : a cat command clone with advanced syntax highlighting for a large number of format languages
• Zsh : add completion for fast-gns3-server... read more

With this new release, the main changes are :

• Upgrade to Debian Bookworm
• fast-save-project : add the destination "net:ftp" to upload the archive on the ftp serveur "ftp"
• Add the command mans
• Add the package "gnutls-bin"
• VM Debian : "ucarp" replaces "vrrpd"
• VM Debian : pre-downloaded packages : "suricata" replaces "snort"... read more

With this new release, the main changes are :

• history : "!2" is now "ifplugstatus" / "!4" is now "systemctl start ssh"
• fast-http : display the url to use
• fast-http : is accessible in IPv6
• Xterm : "Windows+ARROW_UP" increases the font size / "Windows+ARROW_DOWN" decreases the font size
• VMRaizo : history : "!3" is now "editor /etc/network/interfaces"... read more

With this new release, the main changes are :

• fast-dhcp : the lease of the IP is set to 2H instead of 24H
• Xterm : "Windows+Arrow" are now the keys to increase/decrease the font size
• X : menu "change the brightness of the screen" : add the choose to reload the brightness of the beginning
• By default, LiveRaizo uses "ifplugstatus" instead of "mii-tool"
• Default Base Memory of VM Debian is increased from 255MB to 265MB
• Add-to-GNS3.sh (sourceforge.net) : remove the constant "OPTION_QEMU_UEFI" (GNS3 have an option)
• VM Debian : add "mitmproxy" : SSL-capable man-in-the-middle HTTP proxy
• VM Debian : pre-downloaded packages : remove Kerberos packages
• VM Debian : the type of the harddisk becomes "virtio" instead of "sata"... read more

With this new release, the main changes are :

• X : menu : "change the brightness of the screen" : add percentage
• Add apparmor
• Add swtpm : to simulate a TPM (Trusted Platform Module) on qemu
• Add ovmf : to boot a VM with UEFI on qemu
• Add-to-GNS3.sh (sourceforge.net) : add the constant "OPTION_QEMU_UEFI" to use the boot UEFI
• Xterm : "CTRL+_" is now the key to decrease the size of the font
• Cisco : in the "startup_config" provided by LiveRaizo ("/opt/raizo/user/Config/GNS3/configs/"), the "escape character" is set to "CTRL+C"
• VM Debian : add "sshpass" : Non-interactive ssh password authentication
• VM DDebian : remove the commands to manipulate disks (e2fsprogs", "dosfstools", binaries "mkfs" and "mkswap")... read more

With this new release, the main changes are :

• Xterm : Add CTRL++/CTRL+- to increase/decrease the size of the font (doesn't work with +/- from keypad)
• fast-mount-usb : add the parameter "-q" to show only the mounted point and the label
• fast-save-project : use the parameter "-q" with fast-mount-usb
• Add create_ap
• Add fast-rescan-interfaces : detect the new network interfaces to update "/etc/network/interfaces", shell history and X
• X : menu : add the option to change the screen resolution in "Config"
• X : menu : add the option to change the brightness of the screen in "Config"
• X : menu : add the option "create_ap" in "Network/Tools" and "Simulator/Virtual Wifi"
• X : menu : the option "mii-tool" becomes dynamic
• X : menu : the option "vwifi-ctrl show" becomes dynamic... read more

With this new release, the main changes are :

• Default Base Memory of VM Debian is increased from 225MB to 255MB
• Remove Wifi modules of MacBook Air
• VM Debian : add a user called "admin", in the group "sudo"
• VM Debian : add a commented sources.list for Parrot-OS
• VM Debian : add "jq" (lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor)
• VM Debian : pre-downloaded packages : mariadb-server/mariadb-client replaces default-mysql-server/default-mysql-client... read more

• Bug Fixes and more improvements
• The colored output of commands can be disabled by modifying the variable "GRC_ALIASES" (defined in /etc/default/grc)
• Add the package "ifmetric"
• /etc/network/interfaces : remove the config "iface lo inet loopback" which is become useless
• Add a VM Docker named "DDebian", the almost the same as the VM Qemu named "Debian"
• The startup scripts of VM are moved in the folder "startup" instead of "qemu"
• X : menu : Simulator/Config : add the choose to start/stop/status the service docker
• GNS3 : in the tools menu, add the tool "edit startup" which creates and opens with Geany the startup of the VMs Docker and QEmu
• Add-to-GNS3.sh (sourceforge.net) : add the function "Add-PersistentFolder-to-VMDocker"
• GNS3 : Raizo_vbox_linux_startup-config.sh has more commented examples
• VM Debian : add "curl"
• VM Debian : install "ettercap" from github source
• VM Debian : /etc/network/interfaces : add commented examples of config IP static and dhcp
• VM DDebian : by default, the folder "/root" is persistent... read more

• Bug Fixes and more improvements
• GNS3 : docker VM : add the shared folder "/hosthome" to access to "/home/user" of LiveRaizo

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With this new release, 3 main changes :

• Upgrade to Debian Bullseye
• Add hping3
• Add netcat-openbsd

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With this new release, 2 main changes :

• Add the command "whois"
• Add "qemu-mount" of B.Ehlers

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With this new release, 3 main changes :

• fast-gns3-server : if the server gns3server is started by gns3-gui then an external IP can now connect to the server
• Add tshark (a terminal oriented version of Wireshark) on Liveraizo and the VM Debian
• Samba : the package "samba" replaces the module samba cifsd/ksmbd. Then you can use it in UEFI mode. Be careful, the service is accessible from all (not only virbr0)... read more

With this new release, the version "i" can be installed on disk : wiki which explains how to install on disk

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With this new release, 2 main changes :

• fast-ip can set an interface to the mode "manual" and do it if you set an interface in vlan mode.
• In the VM from the template "Debian", in "tmux", the shortcut "CTRL+B S" adapts the size of the tmux console to the size of the console

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With this new release, 2 main changes :

• fast-memo : Cisco/Debian : add "The essential to begin"
• "mhddfs" comes back instead of "unionfs-fuse" : "unionfs-fuse" seems to not like multiple simultaneous read/write

But, the backup of the projects of version 12.21.01.04p are still compatibles

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With this new release, 2 main changes :

• Add "scrot" to do screenshots
• fast-memo : internal search in memo ("/") : it ignores case, except if any uppercase letters appear in the search pattern

But, the backup of the projects of version 12.21.01.04p are still compatibles

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With this new release, 4 main changes :

• Add a service x11vnc to start a VNC server
• "unionfs-fuse" replaces "mhddfs"
• FRRouting replaces Quagga
• Default Base Memory of VM Debian is increased from 200MB to 225MB

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