Trinity Rescue Kit

Trinity Rescue Kit
Developer Tom Kerremans
OS family Unix-like
Working state Active
Source model Open source
Latest release 3.4 build 372 / 29 April 2011 (2011-04-29)
Latest preview 3.4 build 397[1] / 3 October 2016 (2016-10-03)
Available in English
Kernel type Monolithic
License GNU GPL license[2]
Official website trinityhome.org/trk

Trinity Rescue Kit (TRK) is a free and open-source Linux distribution with a command-line interface.

TRK was designed for deployment as a live CD or live USB. The author of TRK, Tom Kerremans, includes in the distribution various third-party software utilities for repairing damaged files, recovering data, resetting passwords, detecting computer viruses, and disk cloning.[3] TRK is especially equipped for repairing common problems in Microsoft Windows and Unix-like operating systems.[4][5]

To reduce disk space required, TRK uses a bespoke help command, trkhelp, instead of the man pages typical of Linux distributions.

Preview build 396 was released in March 2014.[1] A fork of TRK called Mango (MAssive Network GhOst) was released by Juan Carlos Pineda, modified to simplify cloning computers.[1]

History

Starting in 2001, after creating a bootable DOS-based CD of proprietary software for offline operations (named "The Vault"), Belgian developer, Tom Kerremans decided to create a free bootable Linux CD.[5]

The purpose would be to include free tools that could help rescue a Windows installation that was being problematic. Binaries and scripts from other distributions inspired the Trinity Rescue Kit. Sources included Mandriva 2005 and the Fedora Cores 3 and 4. The startup procedure and methods, and many scripts, are custom-made for Trinity Rescue Kit.[6]

Features

TRK 3.3 was based on Linux 2.6.26.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Trinityhome.org:Look who came back from the dead, October 3, 2016
  2. ↑ trinityhome.org: Licensing. Updated July 20, 2010. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
  3. ↑ Alison Diana Trinity Upgrades Linux Rescue Kit InformationWeek, 17 August 2010 11:09 AM
  4. ↑ jack.schofield: The Guardian Technology: Ask Jack...Endless reboot, 28 June 2007
  5. 1 2 Podnutz Episode 52: Trinity Rescue Kit
  6. ↑ Bart Verstricht. "What is Trinity Rescue Kit?". Trinityhome.org. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
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