M2318.1

Changes m23 is a free and open source software deployment tool licensed under the GPL, that installs and administers clients with Debian, (X/K)Ubuntu, elementary OS, CentOS, openSUSE, Fedora and Linux Mint via network.The latest version, 16.3, released in October 2016, simplifies the m23 administrators' work by introducing a dialog for managing GPG keys and creating a shortcut to the settings that are necessary if you need to run an m23-managed network behind a proxy server. Security improvements include the addition of an option to sign local package sources. A new command line tool opens the possibility of modifying the m23 source code in a plugin-like way, by replacing or dropping the code in predefined regions.For more info, see the article on the m23 project home page:http://m23.sourceforge.net/PostNuke-0.750/html/index.php?id=1000000476

Changes The latest release of the Linux remote installation tool m23, rock 16.2, brings support for m23 clients using the brand-new Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus. For this Ubuntu release, users can choose between five preconfigured graphical desktops: KDE, Mate, LXDE, Unity und XFce.Another novelty is the m23 app, which you can install onto your Univention Corporate Server via the Univention App Center.There are a few differences compared to a standard m23 installation when using m23 on UCS. Unlike is the case for the other m23 server platforms, on UCS, apt-cacher-ng is used to cache software packages instead of Squid. In the m23 app, the following m23 components are deactivated, to avoid collision with UCS-specific components: DHCP server, LDAP server, IP management, firewall, virtualization and client backup.m23 can now also integrate clients with dynamical IP adresses. When a new client is created, an appropriate client's time zone matching the selected language will now be suggested. The bootloader LILO, which is deprecated, can no longer be selected.The documentation was updated to help users using external DHCP servers with m23.The base system archive for the distribution that will be installed will first be downloaded completely to the m23 server and be checked for authenticity using the GPG signature.The new version is available as an update via the m23 interface, via apt, as ISO file for burning the m23 server installation CD, as preinstalled virtual machine, or as image file for Raspberry Pi.Full release notes and downloads can be found at the m23 website at m23.sf.net.

Changes Main changes in a nutshell:Debian 8 Jessie for m23 server and m23 clientsnow supporting the additional client distributions Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela and Linux Mint 17.1 Rebeccanow includes a simple firewall configuration, which can be added directly in the web interfaceautomated mirror selection to protect from server outages

Changes The latest m23 release "rock 15.1" contains a whole lot of changes and improvements. Some of these are changes 'under the hood', for example the completely rewritten partitioning and formatting routines, plus some small changes to the corresponding parts of the web interface, while other changes are rather obvious, like the fully redesigned script editor. Support for UEFI on m23 clients is now available and new functionalities for fast copying/deployment of large files using BitTorrent. The m23 CLI also received a couple new functions.

Changes The latest m23 release focuses on two main new features: For one, on support for Apache CloudStack® and on the other hand on the extended options to clone machines.Also, several minor and major improvements and bugfixes have been made. For example, the package search is now a lot faster than it was before and X2Go can already be installed during the primary setup of a client.For more information, please read the release announcement on the m23 website:http://m23.sourceforge.net/PostNuke-0.750/html/index.php?id=1000000454

Changes In version rock 13.2, m23 comes with full support for Debian 7 Wheezy - for server, clients and network bootimages. Linux Mint 15 clients can now be integrated, a new solution strategy for problems with external (non-m23) DHCP servers has been added, the client job handling was sped up, package selections can be saved in an external file for easier transfer, SSL verification can be deactivated, the development guide was updated and extended, and the ground was prepared for integration of non-deb-based systems.Full article on changes can be found at http://m23.sourceforge.net/PostNuke-0.750/html/index.php?id=1000000438 .

Changes This time, there are a lot of visible changes in the new version m23 rock 13.1, which is ready just in time for the LinuxTag in Berlin: with "Fresh Blue" there is now a new theme for the m23 web interface and on the client side, Linux Mint 13 with its desktops Mate and Cinnamon was added.And if this isn't already a reason to try / update m23, there are of course still a whole lot of other changes and improvements, including the option to install the m23 server on a Raspberry Pi or a new kernel including additional drivers.

Changes With m23's new version 12.3 rock, you can now also install and administer Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. It contains different desktop environments which should suit everyone's taste. Ubuntu's new standard desktop environment Unity is included in its 3D and 2D variants. Those who do not like Unity, can choose between a classical Gnome environment (which is optically based on Gnome 2), Xfce, KDE (now with a brighter theme), LXDE or the pure text mode. The new login manager LightDM accompanies the list of new desktop environments .In addition to the main feature Ubuntu, there are many changes and improvements: The first thing to notice is the output of the m23 client monitor in the client's realtime status of the web interface implemented with AJAX. This way, administrators can always keep their clients in view, even without using an SSH direct connection. When adding a new client, m23 now automatically suggests an unused IP address. For German-speaking administrators (or all those who would like to become one), there is now the integrated BAfH daily excuse, that conjurs a new, humourous excuse into your web browser every day, which provides a plausible and absolutely logical reason, why the user's problem (unfortunately, regrettably) cannot be solved right now. Besides this really useful (and possibly life saving) tool, a simple calculator has also found its way into the interface.The internal, VirtualBox-based virtualisation of m23 was improved massively: Now the newer VirtualBox 4.x (as it is contained in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) can be used as a basis and for the first time, the hardware acceleration (PAE, NX and "Nested Paging") of the processor is used (if available), to install 64-bit operating systems or to allow the operation of virtual guests in virtual machines. In a graphical VNC session, the restart (e.g. when restituting a client) or the shutdown of a virtual client work now. The boot method is now changed automatically after the installation of the operating system is finished, for example from network boot to boot from a virtual harddrive.For use with other virtualisation solutions like KVM, the script VirtualBox-networking-setup.sh (which was originally created for use with VirtualBox) for the creation of network bridges was modified to be able to run in Ubuntu 12.04.The m23-xorg-configurator for the setup of the graphic card was upgraded by the ability to run in Ubuntu 12.04, this ability also has benefits for other distros. New upstart scripts ensure that the m23-xorg-configurator is executed before the login manager and that no X11 session is running. Otherwise, problems with the detection and recognition of the hardware could occur. A correction now makes sure that the configuration made by XOrg is found in the correct directory.Some details of the m23 interface and behind the scenes were improved to accelerate and facilitate your work processes.The new version is available as update via the m23 interface, via APT, as ISO to burn the m23 server installation CD/DVD or as preinstalled virtual machine (the last two can be found in the Download menu).

Changes m23 can now also manage and install clients with CentOS 6.2 (32- and 64-bit supported).The French translation has been improved.The Plug-in interface has been deactivated.Various other improvements and bugfixes have been made, see changelog for a complete list.As always, the new version is available as ISO to install the m23 server, as virtual machine for trial without risk and as packages (instructions on m23 homepage).