14 DAY TRIAL // 4MLinux Rescue Edition 8.2 Beta, a special distribution that includes a wide set of system maintenance and recovery applications, has been released and is now available for download.
The 4MLinux distros are known for their small size and overall versatility. The developer can shift the purpose of the distribution just by changing the packages included in the OS. This procedure has helped the dev provide a long list of operating systems designed for various tasks, like Gaming, Server, Multimedia, and so on.
4MLinux Rescue Edition 8.2 Beta has a pretty obvious name and the entire distribution is dedicated to applications designed to rescue systems that are in trouble or to back up systems before users get them in trouble.
“The main features in this release are antivirus protection (Clam AntiVirus 0.98.1 with ClamWin), system backup (4MLinux Backup Scripts 8.2), data recovery (GNU ddrescue 1.17, TestDisk 6.14 with QPhotoRec), disk partitioning (cfdisk 2.24.1, cgdisk 0.8.8, GNU Parted 3.1), and partition imaging (Partimage 0.6.9, Partclone 0.2.69).”
“Many archive formats can be managed via 7-Zip 9.20, FreeArc 0.666, and PeaZip 5.2.2. File managers (Midnight Commander 4.8.11, X File Explorer 1.37), CD/DVD burners (cdw 0.7.1, InfraRecorder 0.53), and UNetbootin 585 are also included,” reads the official announcement.
The developer also made some adjustments to the way users can test the distribution. In the previous version, users had to define the root username and password and then start the X session with the startx command.
This procedure has been greatly simplified in 4MLinux Rescue Edition 8.2 Beta and users will now have 5 seconds to interrupt an automatic process that skips those unnecessary steps and makes the setting mentioned above.
You also have to keep in mind that this is a Beta release, but the development cycle for 4MLinux distros is pretty short. If you want to keep the operating system, you might want to wait a few weeks until the final version of 4MLinux Rescue Edition 8.2 is made available.
4MLinux is actually a series of mini Linux distributions focusing on the following four Ms: Maintenance (system rescue Live CD), Multimedia (e.g. playing video DVDs), Miniserver (using the inetd daemon), and Mystery (a collection of Linux games).
Check the official announcement for more details about this release. Download 4MLinux Rescue Edition 8.2 Beta right now from Softpedia.
Remember that this is a development version and it should NOT be installed on production machines. It is intended for testing purposes only.