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| Developer | Tom Kerremans |
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| OS family | Unix-like |
| Working state | Active |
| Source model | Open source |
| Latest release | 3.4 build 372 / 29 April 2011 |
| Latest preview | 3.4 build 397 [1] / 3 October 2016 |
| Available in | English |
| Kernel type | Monolithic |
| License | GNU GPL license [2] |
| Official website | trinityhome |
Trinity Rescue Kit (TRK) is a free and open-source Linux distribution with a command-line interface.
A Linux distribution is an operating system made from a software collection, which is based upon the Linux kernel and, often, a package management system. Linux users usually obtain their operating system by downloading one of the Linux distributions, which are available for a wide variety of systems ranging from embedded devices and personal computers to powerful supercomputers.
A command-line interface or command language interpreter (CLI), also known as command-line user interface, console user interface or character user interface (CUI), is a means of interacting with a computer program where the user issues commands to the program in the form of successive lines of text. In computing, the shell uses either this or a graphical user interface (GUI), to provide access to an operating system's services, depending on a computer's role and particular operation.
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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. [3] TRK is especially equipped for repairing common problems in Microsoft Windows and Unix-like operating systems. [4] [5]
A live CD is a complete bootable computer installation including operating system which runs directly from a CD-ROM or similar storage device into a computer's memory, rather than loading from a hard disk drive. A Live CD allows users to run an operating system for any purpose without installing it or making any changes to the computer's configuration. Live CDs can run on a computer without secondary storage, such as a hard disk drive, or with a corrupted hard disk drive or file system, allowing data recovery.
A live USB is a USB flash drive or external hard disk drive containing a full operating system that can be booted. They are the evolutionary next step after live CDs, but with the added benefit of writable storage on the live USB itself, allowing customizations to the booted operating system. Live USBs can be used in embedded systems for system administration, data recovery, or test driving, and can persistently save settings and install software packages on the USB device.
A computer virus is a type of malicious software that, when executed, replicates itself by modifying other computer programs and inserting its own code. When this replication succeeds, the affected areas are then said to be "infected" with a computer virus.
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]
