Kicksecure 17.2.8.5 - Point Release!

Patrick · December 12, 2024, 11:35pm

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desktop-config-dist:
- Make livecheck sudoless (Thanks to @ArrayBolt3!)
grub-live:
- refuse adding boot menu live boot menu entry if grub-live package isn’t installed
- grub-live-initramfs-tools, grub-live-dracut: add Depends: grub-live
helper-scripts:
- add package_installed_check.bsh
live-config-dist:
- Disable BTFFS, needs further development to work correctly with grub-live (Thanks to @ArrayBolt3!)
security-misc:
- Remove Linux recovery mode boot option from default GRUB boot menu (Thanks to @ArrayBolt3!)
- Harden DRACUT initramfs-generator by disabling Recovery Console? (Thanks to @ArrayBolt3!)
- do not create /etc/sysctl.d/30-lkrg-virtualbox.conf configuration file in case LKRG is not installed
ISO:
- Fix Secure Boot and support for multiple architectures (Thanks to @ArrayBolt3!)
- Add Firmware Update Manager (fwupd) (Thanks to @ArrayBolt3!)
- Add memtest86+ (Thanks to @ArrayBolt3!)
GRUB boot menu:
- Re-added a timeout to the GRUB menu to automatically boot if no option is chosen. (Thanks to @ArrayBolt3!)
- Change visible info in boot menu to add build version only. (Thanks to @ArrayBolt3!)
derivative-maker:
- when build redistributeable builds, add /var/cache/apt-cacher-ng to Qubes bind-dirs on build machine
- check early if all folders required redistributeable builds are existing
- add bind9-dnsutils to build dependencies (contains nslookup)