SystemRescue: New version 8.0 available from March 2021
Every once in a while, any Operating System no matter how good it may be, can unexpectedly crash and put people in trouble. user or administrator (technical) of it. However, in our GNU / Linux Operating Systems we have good support tools (maintenance / repair). And one of many is "SystemRescue".
"SystemRescue" is in short, an excellent and useful GNU / Linux Distro which serves as a wonderful Rescue tool kit GNU / Linux Operating System.
Rescuezilla 1.0.5.1: New version available from March 2020
This fabulous software tool called "SystemRescue", which is also often known as "SysRescueCD" o "SystemRescueCD" It is not the only one of its kind, since there are other similar ones that are equally good and useful, such as "Rescuezilla", which we have already talked about in the recent past. And of which, in due course we express the following:
"Rescuezilla can be started on any type of computer (PC or Mac) from a storage medium (USB or CD / DVD), to achieve its goal. It is comparable to open source alternatives, such as Clonezilla and SysRescueCD, but with the difference of a much easier and more pleasant usability and user experience than these, and comparable to that of commercial tools, such as Norton Ghost and Acronis True Image." Rescuezilla 1.0.5.1: New version available from March 2020
For those, who wish to explore previous posts on our Blog about "SystemRescue" After finishing reading this present, you can click on the following:
SystemRescue: Version 8.0 with XFCE 4.16 and Kernel 5.10
What is SystemRescue?
According to his Official website, the GNU / Linux Distro "SystemRescue" It is described in a very broad way as follows:
"It is a rescue toolkit for Linux Systems available as a bootable medium to manage or repair your system and data after a crash. It is intended to provide an easy way to carry out administration tasks on your computer, such as creating and editing hard disk partitions. It comes with a lot of utilities typical of a Linux System such as GParted, Fsarchiver, File system tools and basic tools, such as: Editors, Midnight Commander, Network tools, among others."
In addition, its creators add that "SystemRescue":
"It can be used on both Linux and Windows computers, and on both desktops and servers. This rescue system does not require installation, since it can be booted from a CD / DVD drive or a USB memory, but it can also be installed on the hard disk if desired. Its kernel supports all major file systems (ext4, xfs, btrfs, vfat, ntfs), as well as network file systems like Samba and NFS."
Current applications
"SystemRescue" is currently based on Arch Linux, and this new version 8.00, is an important version that introduces new technologies and updated tools for system rescue and recovery tasks. And among those we can mention the following:
Disk storage and partition
- Lsblk, Blkid, GParted, GNU ddrescue, Fsarchiver, Partclone, Fdisk, Gdisk, Cfdisk, Sfdisk, Growpart, Lvm.
Network Tools
- Network-Manager, Tcpdump, Netcat, Udpcast, OpenVPN, WireGuard, and Penconnect. And the use of the following commands is available: nmcli, ifconfig, ip, route, dhclient.
File Systems Tools
- E2fsprogs, Xfsprogs, Btrfs-progs, Ntfs-3g, Dosfstool.
Web Browsers and Internet Connectivity
- Firefox and Links. And it has available the use of the following commands: Curl, Wget and Lftp.
To see the full list of applications, by category and their respective functions and uses, you can click on the following link.
What's new and Download version 8.0
To see the news of the version 8.0, which has been released the day 06/03/2021 you can click the following link. And to download it, which is available at 32 Bit (692 MB) y 64 Bit (708 MB), you can click the following link.
Conclusion
We hope this "useful little post" about «SystemRescue», an excellent and useful GNU / Linux Distro which serves as a wonderful Rescue tool kit GNU / Linux Operating Systems; is of great interest and utility, for the entire «Comunidad de Software Libre y Código Abierto» and of great contribution to the diffusion of the wonderful, gigantic and growing ecosystem of applications of «GNU/Linux».
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