SystemRescueCd 1.5.6 | Linux Today

SystemRescueCd 1.5.6

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 12, 2010

“SystemRescueCD is a free, Linux-based CDROM image for system
recovery that boots into a minimal graphical interface and provides
a host of useful tools culled from many sources.

“In addition to the suite of dedicated recovery and repair
utilities, the disk can get you to a basic desktop that includes
network connectivity and a web browser. This is an important
feature as, let’s face it, most recovery work requires the odd
visit to a search engine.

“Although it can boot to a fairly useful desktop, it’s not a
lightweight general purpose distribution like Puppy Linux. In the
same way, it’s not a disk to hand to someone who doesn’t know much
about computers. You need a bit of expertise to use it, and it’s a
disk that, if misused, could easily wipe or corrupt a system.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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