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Robolinux
Robolinux is a user-friendly and intuitive operating system based on the latest long term support release of Ubuntu. One of the project's more interesting features is the availability of a pre-configured virtual machine support pack with Windows XP or Windows 7 - a VirtualBox setup which allows the user to install and run the Windows operating system seamlessly alongside Robolinux. This is an optional add-on that must be downloaded from the project's online store.
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2012-05-12 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SystemRescueCd 2.7.0 |
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François Dupoux has released an updated build of SystemRescueCd, a Gentoo-based live CD with a collection of data rescue, disk management and networking utilities. What's new? "Updated standard kernels to long-term supported Linux kernel 3.2.16 (rescuecd + rescue64); updated alternative kernels to latest stable Linux kernel 3.3.5 (altker32 + altker64); Updated btrfs-progs from Fedora 17 sources; Updated XFS file system tools xfsprogs 3.1.8 and xfsdump 3.1.0; Updated system packages - GCC 4.4.7, OpenRC 0.9.8.4 and Portage 2.1.10.49; Updated OpenSSH to 5.9p1 and Partclone to 0.2.47; added Debian and Red Hat package management tools (dpkg, debootstrap, rpm); updated pkgstats script to avoid warnings; updated list of graphical programs used by cleansys; removed GObject introspection data to save space." Read the full changelog and take a look at this overview of system tools for further information. Download: systemrescuecd-x86-2.7.0.iso (365MB, SHA256).
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SystemRescue is an Arch-based Linux system on a bootable CD-ROM or USB drive, designed for repairing a system and data after a crash. It also aims to provide an easy way to carry out administration tasks on a computer, such as creating and editing hard disk partitions. It contains many useful system utilities (GNU Parted, PartImage, FSTools) and some basic ones (editors, Midnight Commander, network tools). It aims to be very easy to use. The kernel of the system supports all of today's most important file systems, including ext2, ext3, ext4, ReiserFS, Reiser4FS, btrfs, XFS, JFS, VFAT, NTFS, ISO9660, as well as network file systems, such as Samba and NFS.
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2024-01-28 |
Distribution Release: SystemRescue 11.00 |
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SystemRescue, a specialist live Linux distribution based on Arch Linux and designed for administrating and repairing computer systems and rescuing files, has been updated to version 11.0. The new release introduces the 6.6 LTS Linux kernel, provides some bug fixes, and adds several new utilities: "Updated the Linux kernel to the long-term supported Linux 6.6.14; added option 'ssh_known_hosts' in yaml configuration to trust SSH CAs signatures on host keys; fix the 'findroot' boot option when /sbin/init is an absolute symlink; fix the 'findroot' loop when the password to any encrypted device is unknown; update Xfce configuration (enabled screen saver, added battery icon); package 'dstat' has been replaced with 'dool' which is a fork of dstat; added bcachefs-tools (file system utilities for bcachefs, no kernel module yet); added blocksync-fast (block device sync tool for block-based backups); added sleuthkit (tools for raw file system inspection); added timeshift (snapshot-based backup program)." Continue to the changelog for further information. Download links: systemrescue-11.00-amd64.iso (853MB, SHA512, signature, pkglist). |
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2023-03-19 |
Distribution Release: SystemRescue 10.00 |
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François Dupoux has released a major update of SystemRescue, an Arch-based Linux distribution designed for administrating and repairing computer systems and rescuing data. The new version brings the Linux kernel version up to the 6.1 branch, which is currently the latest long-term supported one. The changelog provides further details: "Updated the Linux kernel to the long-term supported Linux 6.1.20; added GRUB loopback.cfg support; add boot customization hooks for GRUB and Syslinux; add 'gui_autostart' YAML configuration to run programs when X window is started; bring back xf86-video-qxl driver as its bugs have been fixed; removed deprecated autorun features (autoruns=, scripts with rn, old paths); added pass and qtpass (simple password manager which supports GnuPG encryption); added packages - casync, stressapptest, stress-ng, tk; added Memtest86+ memory tester 6.00 for UEFI in the GRUB boot menu; sysrescueusbwriter to create USB media on Linux, creates writable FAT filesystem...." The project no longer builds images for the i686 architecture. Download from SourceForge: systemrescue-10.00-amd64.iso (747MB, SHA512, signature, pkglist). |
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2022-01-17 |
Distribution Release: SystemRescue 9.00 |
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François Dupoux has released a brand-new update to SystemRescue, a specialist, Arch-based Linux distribution that ships with a comprehensive system rescue toolkit for administrating and repairing a system and rescuing data. This version updates the Linux kernel to the latest long-term supported kernel, version 5.15.14. From the changelog: "Updated the Linux kernel to the long-term supported Linux kernel 5.15.14; the new kernel brings the ntfs3 module which provides better NTFS support; the system comes with a copy of the website as an offline manual; added sysrescue-customize script to create custom ISO images; initial support for configuring the system with YAML files; support for configuring autorun with the new YAML configuration files; replaced the Mesa package with a minimal alternative to save 52MB; converted the Bash system initialisation script to Python; removed the'xf86-video-qxl' X.Org driver as it is currently not stable; bring back accidently removed inetutils packate (telnet, ftp, hostname); added packages: aq, libisoburn, patch, python-llfuse, python-yaml, rdiff-backup." Download (pkglist): systemrescue-9.00-amd64.iso (771MB, SHA512, signature), systemrescue-9.00-i686.iso (801MB, SHA512, signature). |
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2021-03-06 |
Distribution Release: SystemRescue 8.00 |
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François Dupoux has released SystemRescue 8.00, a major new version of the project's specialist, Arch-based distribution featuring a system rescue toolkit for administrating or repairing a system and data after a crash. It continues to be provided for both x86_64 and i386 systems. This version upgrades the Linux kernel to the latest LTS (long-term supported) version and it also updates the graphical user interface to Xfce 4.16: "Updated kernel to the long-term-supported Linux 5.10.20; updated partitioning tools to Parted 3.4, GParted 1.2.0; updated file systems - btrfs-progs 5.10.1, xfsprogs 5.10.0, e2fsprogs 1.46.2; updated utilities - nwipe 0.30, dislocker 0.7.3, fsarchiver 0.8.6; updated Xfce graphical environment to version 4.16; updated Python to version 3.9.2 and added python-pip; added paperkey (to print private keys on paper); replaced exfat-utils with exfatprogs." Visit the distribution's changelog and system tools pages more information and for a detailed information about the available utilities. Here are the download links (pkglist): systemrescue-8.00-amd64.iso (708MB, SHA512, signature), systemrescue-8.00-i686.iso (692MB, SHA512, signature). |
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2020-10-21 |
Distribution Release: SystemRescue 7.00 |
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François Dupoux has released SystemRescue 7.00, a new version of the project's useful system rescue toolkit for administrating or repairing a system and data after a crash. It is based on Arch Linux and features the Xfce desktop. The major version change is the result of the distribution's renaming from SystemRescueCd to SystemRescue, as well as a new domain name, but otherwise it is just a routine upgrade from the 6.x series. From the changelog: "Renamed project from SystemRescueCd to SystemRescue; new website address - system-rescue.org; updated Linux kernel to long-term-supported linux 5.4.71; added dislocker to access disks encrypted using BitLocker (#46)." SystemRescue continues to be available in both amd64 and i686 variants; it includes a good catalogue of storage, disk partitioning, networking, file system, recovery, hardware information and secure deleting tools - see the project's system tools page for a full list. Download the latest version from OSDN or SourceForge (pkglist): systemrescue-7.00-amd64.iso (687MB, SHA256, signature), systemrescue-7.00-i686.iso (667MB, SHA256, signature). |
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2019-02-02 |
Distribution Release: SystemRescueCd 6.0.0 |
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SystemRescueCd is a Linux system on a bootable CD-ROM or USB drive, designed for repairing a system and data after a crash. The distribution's developers have published SystemRescueCd 6.0.0 which deviates from previous releases in two significant ways: 32-bit support has been dropped in favour of a 64-bit build, and the base distribution has been switched from Gentoo to Arch Linux. The project's changelog reports: "System is now based on Arch Linux and built using archiso and its dependencies. Kernel and userspace programs are now fully 64-bit (dropped 32-bit support). Boot options are the ones provided by new upstream rather than old version. Graphical environment based on X.Org Server 1.20.3 and Xfce 4.12. Implemented 'setkmap=xx' option on the boot command line to setup keyboard. Updated kernel to long-term-supported linux 4.19.19. Updated filesystem tools: e2fsprogs 1.44.5, xfsprogs 4.19.0, btrfs-progs 4.19.1. Updated disk tools: GParted 0.33.0, LVM 2.02.183. Download (SHA256): systemrescuecd-6.0.0.iso (888MB, pkglist). |
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2014-01-14 |
Distribution Release: SystemRescueCd 4.0.0 |
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François Dupoux has released a major new update of SystemRescueCd, a Gentoo-based live CD with an extensive collection of tools for data rescue and disk management tasks. The project's changelog reports the following new features and improvements in SystemRescueCd 4.0.0: "Standard kernels - long-term supported Linux kernel 3.10.25 (rescue32 + rescue64); alternative Linux kernels: latest stable Linux kernel 3.12.7 (altker32 + altker64); updated X.Org graphical environment and drivers to X.Org Server 1.14.3; updated GParted to 0.17.0 (adds support for online resize); updated Btrfs utilities btrfs-progs 3.12; updated file system tools - e2fsprogs 1.42.8, xfsprogs, 3.1.11, xfsdump 3.1.3; updated Memtest86+ to version 5.01 (available in floppy disk boot images)...." Other package upgrades include man-pages 3.53, Midnight Commander 4.8.9, Python 3.3.2, Samba 3.6.20, udev 204 and xz 5.0.5. Download the latest version of the SystemRescueCd live CD image from SourceForge: systemrescuecd-x86-4.0.0.iso (433MB, SHA256). |
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2013-01-24 |
Distribution Release: SystemRescueCd 3.3.0 |
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François Dupoux has released an updated build of SystemRescueCd, version 3.3.0. SystemRescueCd is a Gentoo-based live CD with an extensive collection of data rescue and disk management utilities. The project's changelog reports the following new features and improvements: "Standard kernels are the long-term supported Linux 3.4.27 (rescuecd and rescue64); alternative kernels updated to latest stable 3.7.4 (altker32 and altker64); fixed 'waiting for uevents to be processed' by upgrading udev to 197-r4; updated XFS file system utilities: - xfsprogs 3.1.10 and xfsdump 3.1.2; updated dar 2.4.9 (Disk Archive 2.4.9); added grsync 1.1.1 (a GTK+ frontend to rsync); added fuse-exfat 1.0.0 (exFAT file system FUSE module); fixed Network-Manager applet in the graphical environment; re-based genkernel on latest upstream version; updated NTFS-3G to 2013.1.13." Download the SystemRescueCd 3.3.0 live CD image from SourceForge: systemrescuecd-x86-3.3.0.iso (368MB, SHA256). |
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2012-11-07 |
Distribution Release: SystemRescueCd 3.1.1 |
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An updated build of SystemRescueCd, version 3.1.1, is out. What's new? "Standard kernels is long-term supported Linux 3.2.33 (rescuecd + rescue64); alternative kernels updated to latest stable 3.6.6 (altker32 + altker64); re-introduced support for Reiser4 file system in the alternative kernels; fixed the 'rootpass=' boot option by updating USE flags for shadow; fixed bugs in the installation scripts for USB sticks; updated NetworkManager to 0.9.6.4; updated btrfs-progs utilities to recent upstream version; updated e2fsprogs to 1.42.5, GParted to 0.14.0, linux-firmware 20120924, tcpdump 4.3.0, Coreutils 8.16, util-linux 2.21.2, dd-rescue 1.28, Midori 0.4.7, X.Org Server 1.12.4, ClamAV 0.97.6, SpaceFM 0.7.10; added zerofree 1.0.1 (a utility to zero out all free space on a file system); the 'docache' boot option must also cache the boot and EFI directories; fixed bugs in the installation scripts for USB sticks." Here is the full changelog. Download from SourceForge: systemrescuecd-x86-3.1.1.iso (350MB, MD5).
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