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BlackBuntu – Ubuntu-flavored Linux Penetration Distro

Blackbuntu is a Ubuntu-based distro used for penetration testing and security auditing. Blackbuntu is designed to be used by students and practitioners who are interested in the field of information security.

Blackbuntu tools are divided into several categories:

  • Information Gathering
  • Network Mapping
  • Vulnerability Identification
  • Penetration
  • Privilege Escalation
  • Radio Network Analysis
  • VoIP Analysis
  • Digital Forensic
  • Reverse Engineering
  • Miscellaneous

Which includes these tools among others: Lanmap2, nmbscan, dnsmap, fierce, hostmap, ltrace, tctrace, sqlbrute, sqlmap,sqlninja, mysqloit, sqlcheck, wfuzz,xsser,xssploit,jmeter, nikto2,skipfish,wbox, autopsy,scalpel,mboxgrep,galetta,afstats, wepcrack,giskismet,fakeap,aircrack-ng,cowpatty,bluebugger,bluescan, bluesnarfer, iwar,protos-sip,sipcrack,brutessh,hydra,sshater

…and many more.

Blackbuntu can be downloaded from its official website – http://www.blackbuntu.com/

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9 GNU/Linux distributions endorsed by the Free Software Foundation

These are the 9 GNU/Linux distribution which are endorsed by Free Software Foundation as it meet the Guidelines for Free System Distribution as outlined by FSF.

The Free Software Foundation also provides a brief explanation behind the reason why some popular GNU/Linux distributions are not included in the lists, which is available here: Explaining Why We Don’t Endorse Other Systems

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3 ways to get Linux release information from bash terminal

Let’s say you’ve manage to get yourself into a GNU/Linux bash terminal. What can you do in order to determine its distro and release information? Listed here are the three methods to get release information of a running GNU/Linux box.

lsb_release method
You can type “lsb_release -a”

Cat /etc/proc/release method

/etc/*release and /etc/*issue method
Alternatively, you could try typing “cat /etc/*release” or “cat /etc/*issue”.

Cat /etc/proc/release method

/proc/version method
If else fails, you could always try the “cat /proc/version” method to see where the kernel came from.

Cat /etc/proc/release method

Hope this would help!

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ubuntu-ms: Let’s Translate Ubuntu into Malay language !

I’m writing about this topic because I see there’s still much to be done to localize Ubuntu (or GNU/Linux based operating system in general) into Malay, the official language of my home county, Malaysia.

As of this writing, the translated Malay strings in Ubuntu (Intrepid Ibex) is about 19%, and thus we need more aspiring users who are bilingual to help us translate Ubuntu (or Linux-base operating system in general). So in the near future, we can have Linux distro in our own national language.

How can I help to localized Ubuntu?

  • Easy! you can start by registering an account with Launchpad.net
  • While still logged into Launchpad.net. join the Ubuntu-Translators group
  • Go to Launchpad Translations website, select the latest Ubuntu distributions.
  • Select Malay language, and then pick any project that you wish translate into Malay (ms).
  • Tips: To ensure faster translation, set the filter in “Translating” option to “untranslated items” as shown in the photo below.

What I can get by translating Ubuntu?

  • Sense of satisfaction that you’ve done your part in localizing a Linux distro in your country’s official language.
  • You can get your name on the list of credits on the application you’ve translated.
  • You can earn Karma! Karma is a point system given to active Ubuntu contributors.

    User with a lot of karma can get lots of Ubuntu freebies sent to their doorsteps! Plus you can request to be inducted as one of the Official Ubuntu Members just like our friends, Nicholas Ng and fenris-

    • What are you waiting for? Come and translate Ubuntu!