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Rescatux Changelog

What's new in Rescatux 0.72 Beta 7

Jan 20, 2020
  • What’s new on Rescatux:
  • Startup wizard has an option to just use default values
  • New 2019 December background
  • Enable customizations thanks to optional make_common.custom file.
  • What’s new on Rescapp:
  • Removed no longer needed sip module dependency
  • Completed handling of not found partitions of files
  • Minor improvements

New in Rescatux 0.72 Beta 4 (Nov 18, 2019)

  • What’s new on Rescatux:
  • New 2019 November background
  • What’s new on Rescapp:
  • Gparted, Photorec and Testdisk are now checked before running them
  • Add an specific non-documented documentation page.
  • Added System Info Script (Inxi) option
  • bootinfoscript was updated to use system’s installed bootinfoscript

New in Rescatux 0.72 Beta 2 (Oct 28, 2019)

  • What’s new on Rescatux:
  • Gparted is installed again
  • Make sure log files are open with leafpad program.
  • What’s new on Rescapp:
  • More compact UI
  • Added rescapp title and version to the main UI
  • Advice to choose an option to read its manual
  • After selecting an option it shows its name in the option screen
  • Advice to read the manual before hitting run on the option screen
  • New status label shows the option being ready to run, running or finished
  • New messages box that show the actions the option is performing
  • New simple logs containing only steps performed by the option

New in Rescatux 0.72 Beta 1 (Oct 15, 2019)

  • Added xterm package so that external programs can be opened from within rescapp
  • Move testdisk package dependency from Rescapp to Rescatux
  • New background and associated boot menues improved
  • Based on Debian Buster which now it’s officially stable
  • Added Xterm self test
  • There’s no longer a back button. Improved menu.
  • Fixed: Non secure boot UEFI mode make rescapp to crash before its menu.
  • Do not mount neither the root partition nor the tmp partition when performing chroot grub operations.
  • That reenables being able to fix Ubuntu grub properly.
  • Rescapp was ported from python2 to python3
  • Improved compatibility with Fedora (Big thanks to cjg67)
  • Removed gddrescue and myrescue dependencies
  • Move testdisk package dependency from Rescapp to Rescatux
  • Move gparted package dependency from Rescapp to Rescatux
  • Add missing filesystem dependencies (debian package)
  • INSTALL: Added optional debian package runtime requirements

New in Rescatux 0.41 Beta 1 (Apr 18, 2017)

  • This new beta release comes with new exciting UEFI options:
  • Update UEFI order
  • Create a new UEFI Boot entry
  • UEFI Partition Status
  • Fake Microsoft Windows UEFI
  • Hide Microsoft Windows UEFI
  • Reinstall Microsoft Windows EFI
  • Check UEFI Boot

New in Rescatux 0.40 Beta 11 (Jan 24, 2017)

  • (Checked in 0.40b11) [#2233] Disable USB automount
  • (Fixed in 0.40b11) [#1364] Review Copyright notice
  • (Checked in 0.40b11) [#2233] Disable USB automount
  • (Fixed in 0.40b11) Wineasy had its messages fixed (Promote and Unlock were swapped)
  • (Fixed in 0.40b11) Share log function now drops usage of cat to avoid utf8 / ascii problems.
  • (Fixed in 0.40b11) Sanitize ‘Not detected’ and ‘Cannot mount’ messages
  • (Improved in 0.40b11) Many source code build improvements
  • (Improved in 0.40b11) Now most options show their progress while running
  • (Improved in 0.40b11) Added a reference to the source code’s README file in the ‘About Rescapp’ option
  • (Improved in 0.40b11) Not detected’ string was renamed to ‘Windows / Data / Other’ because that’s what it usually happens with Windows OSes
  • (Fixed in 0.40b11) [#1364] Review Copyright notice
  • (Fixed in: 0.40b9) [#2264] chntpw – Save prior registry files
  • (Fixed in: 0.40b9) [#2234] New option: Easy Grub fix
  • (Fixed in: 0.40b9) [#2235] New option: Easy Windows Admin
  • (Fixed in 0.40b9) [#2236] chntpw based options need to be rewritten for reusing code
  • (Fixed in: 0.40b9) [#2264] chntpw – Save prior registry files
  • (Fixed in: 0.40b9) [#2234] New option: Easy Grub fix
  • (Fixed in: 0.40b9) [#2235] New option: Easy Windows Admin
  • (Fixed in 0.40b9) [#2236] chntpw based options need to be rewritten for reusing code
  • (Fixed in 0.40b8) [#2191] Change Keyboard layout
  • (Improved in 0.40b7) [#2192] UEFI boot support (Yes, again)

New in Rescatux 0.40 Beta 6 (Mar 22, 2016)

  • This release improves support for both 64-bit amd64 UEFI boot (avoids booting in blind mode problems) and 32-bit UEFI boot (not tested that one myself). It should be bootable from some Intel-based Mac Book (Pro) systems too. We also add AFD scanning technology to reduce user interface time based interactions while scanning the computer system. Finally some of the internal code has been updated to reflect the new repositories which are found in github rescatux’s organization.

New in Rescatux 0.40 Beta 5 (Jan 18, 2016)

  • This release adds support for both 64-bit amd64 UEFI boot (most common) and 32-bit UEFI boot (not tested that one myself). It should be bootable from some Intel-based Mac Book (Pro) systems too.

New in Rescatux 0.40 Beta 1 (Oct 19, 2015)

  • Now Rescatux is based on Debian Jessie (Latest Debian stable release)!
  • The great new feature in this release is the SELinux support. SELinux support is used by the Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), CentOS alike distributions. It’s not so much about adding SELinux related features which might be implemented in a far future. It’s about being able to interact with SELinux based system without damaging original contexts (contexts like additional permissions in SELinux).
  • Currently if you wanted to use the change password option on these systems then the system did not let you login (even if you know a password from a user different from the one its password you had changed) because these wrong contexts.
  • Now it should work flawlessly but please give us feedback here on the comments or in the mailing list. Anything about you detecting that Rescatux is not using the correct contexts for your files is welcomed.
  • It’s also welcomed feedback from people who uses non standard policy types such as the military ones. Given the nature of these systems try the options in non production machines of course.
  • This new beta release loses the long awaited feature about being able to select your own language, country and keyboard. The reason is that Rescatux 0.40 is based on jessie. These means that I have to use tails-greeter from Jessie and not Wheezy. The other problem on tails-greeter is that I need to hack it (this time properly thanks to the insights I have been given in Debconf 15 from Tails people) in order to fit my needs.
  • Finally don’t expect any new release in the next months. I am too busy. Anyway once I’ll start not being busy I will be able to speed a lot because the SELinux support improvement was very difficult to implement.
  • Many options have not been tested after having based Rescatux on jessie. So please use the Rescatux 0.32 beta 3 as if it was an stable release and this one as if it was a beta one. Use Rescatux 0.40 beta 1 if you have a SELinux based system of course.
  • In case you were asking yourself I add 0.1 to the Rescatux version either when the Rescapp program has been improved a lot or when the Debian OS has been updated to a new stable release. The latter is the reason why we jump from 0.3X to 0.4X suddenly.

New in Rescatux 0.32 Beta 3 (Nov 25, 2014)

  • Change keyboard layout

New in Rescatux 0.32 Beta 2 (Oct 20, 2014)

  • As you might imagine the biggest improvement in this release is that resetting windows password, promoting a windows user to Administrador and unlocking a windows user uses the latest version of chntpw which makes easier and more safe to add users to the admin group. It also fixes a bug that prevented a promoted admin user to be demoted from windows.
  • The other big improvement is that lilo is being used instead of syslinux so that you can finally solve this:
  • grub rescue>
  • ( grub rescue > ) problems when you remove GNU/Linux partition from Windows itself. Unfortunately that only works if Windows boot partition is in the first hard disk. This is the Restore Windows MBR option which it’s going to be still BETA till many of you report me that it works ok. The difference is that the old version did break working Windows seven (and probably others) boot when used. So that it’s fixed.
  • There is not Super Grub2 Disk available from boot menu but, as you can see per, the pending bugs there will be one.
  • Finally you can boot Rescatux from Super Grub2 Disk thanks to its loopback.cfg file which I hope will be accepted upstream in Debian Live soon although they seem to be busy with Jessie freeze.
  • In the development arena I have removed old scripts and add new build folders so that everything is easier to understand when developing Rescatux.
  • This release is very needed so that we can all test this new 140201 chntpw version before I release the stable version in probably less than three months. So please report any bug if you find them. So, contrary to other versions I encourage to download it so that we can debug it.
  • I almost forgot that we have a new background for you to enjoy!

New in Rescatux 0.32 Beta 1 (Jun 16, 2014)

  • Fixed bugs:
  • Networking detection improved (fallback to network-manager-gnome)
  • Bottom bar does not have a shorcut to a file manager as it’s a common practice in modern desktops. Fixed when falling back to LXDE.
  • Double-clicking on directories on desktop opens Iceweasel (Firefox fork) instead of a file manager. Fixed when falling back to LXDE.
  • Improvements:
  • Super Grub2 Disk is no longer included. That makes easier to put the ISO to USB devices thanks to standard multiboot tools which support Debian Live cds.
  • Rescapp UI has been redesigned
  • Every option is at hand at the first screen.
  • Rescapp options can be scrolled. That makes it easier to add new options without bothering on final design.
  • Run option screen buttons have been rearranged to make it easier to read.
  • RazorQT has been replaced by LXDE which seems more mature. LXQT will have to wait.
  • WICD has been replaced by network-manager-gnome. That makes easier to connect to wired and wireless networks.
  • It is no longer based on Debian Unstable (sid) branch.

New in Rescatux 0.31 Beta 5 (Dec 1, 2013)

  • Fixed bugs:
  • Hard disk detection was improved when non standard partitions such as LVM or encrypted ones are present.
  • Internal improvement:
  • Added cryptsetup packages to default build so that we can mount LUKS partitions later.

New in Rescatux 0.31 Beta 4 (Aug 14, 2013)

  • Better handle of /boot/grub2 in Fedora installations when running grub-install or update-grub options
  • Update Grub should work in any Grub2 system (previous version only worked on Debian or Ubuntu distributions)
  • New option: Promote a Windows user to Administrator
  • XFE is the new file manager instead of qtfm
  • New option: Unlock a Windows user to re-enable it
  • LVM and RAID support for Restore Grub and Update Grub options (It seems it already worked from 0.30.2)

New in Rescatux 0.31 Beta 3 (Jun 12, 2013)

  • Razor-qt desktop was updated from 4.x version to 5.x version
  • Added a frame so that embedded webpage is seen inside a grey square.
  • Now xchat nickname shows Rescapp version so that accurate help can be given in the chat.
  • Added the following expert tools:
  • boot-repair
  • clean-ubiquity
  • os-uninstaller
  • testdisk
  • photorec
  • Rearranged as an expert tool:
  • gparted
  • Added these CLI programs for experts:
  • extundelete

New in Rescatux 0.30.2 (Nov 20, 2012)

  • A major bug concerning the Kernel selection on boot (64bit or 32bit) has been fixed in this release. If you have Rescatux 0.30 or Rescatux 0.30rc1 please check Rescatux 0.30 64bit kernel not being select ok Bug for a way of workarounding the bug without having to download again the iso.