Includes numerous tools for system administration tasks

Feb 19, 2017 23:55 GMT  ·  By

GNU/Linux developer Arne Exton is announcing the availability of a new build of his Exton|Defender SRS (Super Rescue System) Live DVD/USB designed for those who want to do various administrative tasks on their PCs.

Based on the 64-bit version of the Fedora 25 operating system, Exton|Defender SRS Build 170218 comes with up-to-date tools that let you administrate and repair your operating system after a disaster. It's now powered by the Linux 4.9.9 kernel and uses the gorgeous Cinnamon 3.2.8 desktop environment by default.

"I’ve made a new version of Exton|Defender 64 bit. Now based on Fedora 25, released 161122. It uses Cinnamon 3.2.8 and kernel 4.9.9 (second latest stable kernel as of 170218)," said Arne Exton in the release announcement. "Exton|Defender FC25 runs very well in VirtualBox and VMWare. Both live and installed to a virtual hard drive."

Here's what's included in Exton|Defender Super Rescue System

Among the popular tools pre-installed in the new Exton|Defender Super Rescue System (SRS) release, we can mention Gparted, PartImage, NTFS-3G, Shred, GNU ddrescue, FSArchiver, TestDisk, Sfdisk (util-linux-ng), Midnight Commander, and rsync. Of course, users will also find various other apps for all of their daily computing needs.

These include both the Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome web browsers, LibreOffice office suite, Mozilla Thunderbird email and news client, NetworkManager connection manager, GIMP image editor, Emacs text editor, Safecopy backup tool, Samba file sharing framework, as well as Java (JDK 7u9) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE).

Exton|Defender SRS Build 170218 is available for download right now from our website as a 64-bit Live ISO image that you can write on a USB flash drive of 4GB or higher capacity. You can use the distro directly from the bootable medium or install it on a PC as your daily driver. Detailed installations instructions are provided in the release notes (link above).

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Netflix is running in Google Chrome
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Bluetooth Manager is running

Exton|Defender SRS Build 170218 (4 Images)

Exton|Defender's Cinnamon 3.2.8 desktop
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