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Old 01-31-2007, 07:46 PM
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Anyone using backtrack as their main distro? I've tried the live CD, but wondered what it was like as a daily os?
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Old 01-31-2007, 08:02 PM
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Anyone using backtrack as their main distro? I've tried the live CD, but wondered what it was like as a daily os?
Well BackTrack is primarily engineered for penetration testing, and not really a desktop distribution. Unless your occupation is in the security field you probably would be better off with an alternative desktop distribution.
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Old 02-01-2007, 06:05 PM
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I just like playing on and scanning other networks when I travel... I've wondered about this gentoo live cd. I hate installing things on linux, so prefer large bundled distros.

I can't wait for the Ubuntu designer distro to come out later this year.
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Old 02-01-2007, 06:17 PM
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I just like playing on and scanning other networks when I travel... I've wondered about this gentoo live cd. I hate installing things on linux, so prefer large bundled distros.

I can't wait for the Ubuntu designer distro to come out later this year.
You don't like yum or apt-get for installing things? If you're after bundled distributions you might just want to get Fedora Core or all 14 Debian CDs
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Old 02-01-2007, 08:53 PM
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I've used apt-get and when it works, its great... but when it doesn't thats a major problem. I was reading your Fedora Core 7 post earlier. Looks like that'll be my next distro
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