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<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
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xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
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xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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version="5.0"
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xml:id="sec-release-16.09">
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<title>Release 16.09 (“Flounder”, 2016/09/??)</title>
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<para>In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release
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has the following highlights: </para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>PXE "netboot" media has landed in <link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/14740" />.
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See <xref linkend="sec-booting-from-pxe" /> for documentation.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Xorg-server-1.18.*. If you choose <literal>"ati_unfree"</literal> driver,
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1.17.* is still used due to ABI incompatibility.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>The following new services were added since the last release:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para><literal>(this will get automatically generated at release time)</literal></para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>When upgrading from a previous release, please be aware of the
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following incompatible changes:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>Shell aliases for systemd sub-commands
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<link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/15598">were dropped</link>:
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<command>start</command>, <command>stop</command>,
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<command>restart</command>, <command>status</command>.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>Other notable improvements:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>Revamped grsecurity/PaX support. There is now only a single
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general-purpose distribution kernel and the configuration interface has been
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streamlined. Desktop users should be able to simply set
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<programlisting>security.grsecurity.enable = true</programlisting> to get
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a reasonably secure system without having to sacrifice too much
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functionality. See <xref linkend="sec-grsecurity" /> for documentation
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</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</section>
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