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FOG Project

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FOG is a free open-source cloning/imaging solution/rescue suite. A alternative solution used to image Windows XP, Vista PCs using PXE, PartImage, and a Web GUI to tie it together. Includes featues like memory and disk test, disk wipe, av scan & task scheduling.

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  • Free • Open Source

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  • Linux
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  1.  PXE
  2.  Disk Cloning
  3.  Patch Management
  4.  Software Management
  5.  Ad-free
  6.  Disk Imaging
  7.  Fleet management
  8.  TFTP
  9.  OS deployment

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  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.

  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.8

  • Alternatives

    38 alternatives listed

  • Supported Languages

    • English

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Our users have written 5 comments and reviews about FOG Project, and it has gotten 29 likes

FOG Project was added to AlternativeTo by ksoviero on Nov 21, 2010 and this page was last updated Mar 17, 2023. FOG Project is sometimes referred to as FOG.

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Top positive comment •Feb 16, 2013

im not sure why clonezilla is a more popular alternative. Maybe because of the lifecd. I also use Clonezilla for imaging / backing up single computers. And i know that clonezilla is also possible as a server install. But somehow one day i chose fog and it works good for me. I even replaced altiris with it. Combined with ocsng. :)

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michaelcoxeu
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Positive comment •Jan 24, 2023

If you need to back up multiple computers, you need fog. It's not discontinued. The dev branch on GitHub is continuously updated (last update two weeks ago at the time of writing).

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Positive comment •Sep 30, 2022

The best cloning software

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Aaron Ahlemeyer
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Positive comment •Apr 18, 2019

Relatively easy to setup and maintain. Excellent community support. Does everything that I previously used Norton/Symantec Ghost to do.

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ksoviero
Comment •Nov 21, 2010

I have setup FOG for many clients, including a PC repair company. To the best of my knowledge, they still use it...

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What is FOG Project?

FOG is a free open-source cloning/imaging solution/rescue suite. A alternative solution used to image Windows XP, Vista PCs using PXE, PartImage, and a Web GUI to tie it together. Includes featues like memory and disk test, disk wipe, av scan & task scheduling.

FOG is a Linux-based, free and open source computer imaging solution for Windows XP, Vista and 7 that ties together a few open-source tools with a php-based web interface. FOG doesn't use any boot disks, or CDs; everything is done via TFTP and PXE. Also with fog many drivers are built into the kernel, so you don't really need to worry about drivers (unless there isn't a linux kernel driver for it). FOG also supports putting an image that came from a computer with a 80GB partition onto a machine with a 40GB hard drive as long as the data is less than 40GB.

Fog also includes a graphical Windows service that is used to change the hostname of the PC, restart the computer if a task is created for it, and auto import hosts into the FOG database. The service also installs printers, and does simple snap-ins.

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