LiveCD News

Linux.com reviews BackTrack 2.

BackTrack is a live CD Linux distribution that focuses on penetration testing. A merger of two older security-related distros — Whax and Auditor Security Collection — BackTrack bundles more than 300 security tools.

The BackTrack security LiveCD has released a download link for the beta of version 2.0.

ComputerWeekly.com mentions BackTrack as a quick way to run Kismet in their article on wireless security tools.

OSDir has recently posted many screenshots of new releases, here they are:

• Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
• Kubuntu 6.06 LTS
• Xubuntu 6.06 LTS
• Edubuntu 6.06 LTS
• Puppy Linux 2.0
• Backtrack 1.0

Notice the installer icons on the desktops of all the *buntu screenshots.

The long awaited final release of BackTrack, the combination of WHAX (Whoppix) and Auditor, is out and available for download.