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General Tech => Operating System => : pllaybuoy October 13, 2012, 03:28:22 PM
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As the question speaks , how much space does each of the OS requires(blackbuntu and backtrack 5 gnome)
which storage device works the best ? Is it a USB stick or directly in a harddisk and if in harddisk then what would be the best seperate partition or separate hard disk ? andhow much space ?
and the last question which one would you choose from BT5 and blackbunu ?
I know about the Backtrack 5's preinstalled hacking kit , the exploits,social eng kit , crackers and all
Does blackbuntu has this all too ? which one would you prefer ?
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Your first question has too many variables.
So ill return the question;
Are you planning on installing a lot of extra tools or anything that takes up diskspace?
If not true;
10 GB will suffice
Depending on your amount of RAM you might need a swap drive.
You can read up on how much is required.
When you have say 4+ GB of ram swap isnt really needed.
I'd say when it comes to speed youll be better of running it of your HDD.
Also USB stick's will deteriorate over time when a lot of I/O is going on.
They are not designed for beating like that.
BT gnome is imo way too heavy , gnome is lot of clutter.
better go with something like openbox or lxde or whatever.
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*Shit out of time be back.*
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Also depends on what your using it for I would say. As a possible main OS or as a learning platform in a home environment, def HDD or maybe even a VM.
If your going to be using it all over the place, then USB. Most likely HDD for now though. You can always make a USB version later if you want.
As for the OSs....I have tried neither of them but have heard a fair amount about both. I would suggest going backtrack as it requires you to learn more about the *nix CLI and it is a tried and true system. Blackbuntu is just an attempt to make backtrack easier to use, and really not worth your time IMO
Of course if you wish to be skiddie.... :P
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backtrack 8gb usb run persistence
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To stretch it even further , there is no reason to even run something like backtrack,
My arch install is my home,working space, sec toolkit and entertainment sys.
They only real advantage that I can see is that BT comes with a lot of tools which often need compilation and some jerking around with configs.
A lot of these tools I wouldnt come across just because there are so many.
However installing them yourself is a great learning experience.
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To stretch it even further , there is no reason to even run something like backtrack,
My arch install is my home,working space, sec toolkit and entertainment sys.
They only real advantage that I can see is that BT comes with a lot of tools which often need compilation and some jerking around with configs.
A lot of these tools I wouldnt come across just because there are so many.
However installing them yourself is a great learning experience.
So , is there a source where I can find the names of all those backtrack tools ,If thats the case then I would just get them for windows
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Well , this would be highly inpractical but you could go to the backtrack repos and pull a list from that.
Only for windows... well no forget it.
Youll have to recode half of it.
Also windows is a very unpractical platform for sec stuff.
Too little control over your OS.
Windows is using you not the other way around :D
Just switch to linux, forget windows, wipe it off the HDD.
Its only suitable for gaming imo.
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Well then guess who's switching to linux