Finnix is a self-contained, bootable Linux CD distribution ("LiveCD") for system administrators, based on Debian. You can mount and manipulate hard drives and partitions, monitor networks, rebuild boot records, install other operating systems, and much more. Finnix includes the latest technologies for system administrators, hundreds of sysadmin-geared packages, and much more. And above all, Finnix is small enough to quickly download and write to a USB thumb drive or burn to a CD. Finnix is not intended for the average desktop user, and does not include any desktops or productivity tools in order to keep distribution size low.

Finnix is freely distributable under the terms of the GNU General Public License. For more information, please see Legal.

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Finnix 121

509 MiB, released 2020-08-10, AMD64 (release notes)

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Looking for older 32-bit 586/686/PowerPC support? Download Finnix 109.

Previous releases, system requirements and more information are available on the Downloads page.

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To your left, you will notice a menu of major sections of the Finnix site. This sidebar is available on every page, but to get you started, here is a description of each major section.