Developer Tom Kerremans Working state Active | OS family Unix-like Source model Open source | |
Latest release 3.4 build 372 / 29 April 2011 (2011-04-29) Latest preview 3.4 build 397 / 3 October 2016; 5 months ago (2016-10-03) | ||
Trinity Rescue Kit (TRK) is a free and open-source Linux distribution with a command-line interface.
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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. TRK is especially equipped for repairing common problems in Microsoft Windows and Unix-like operating systems.
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. A fork of TRK called Mango (MAssive Network GhOst) was released by Juan Carlos Pineda, modified to simplify cloning computers.
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.
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.
Features
TRK 3.3 was based on Linux 2.6.26.