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  • HighWiz
    Death
    • Jun 2007
    • 655
    #16
    Re: Backtrack 4

    Originally posted by moleprince
    I agree with this. I haven't looked at Slackware in about 8 years, but when I did at least, it felt like I spent far more time hunting down build dependencies than actually being productive. Gentoo on the other paw was lush, wonderfully documented and by the time I had a system up I knew it very well. Though admittedly sometimes I had a hell of a time hunting through its kernel menu config to find out which kernel options enabled which other hidden kernel options to in turn enable say my network card. But other than that, very nice. And the ability to micromanage build flags [eg don't you dare include KDE libraries] for builds from the portage tree-- hell the portage tree system itself, very sleek.

    Ubuntu on the other hand, which very simple to set up and use, especially with the latest gui installer, hardly tells you a darn thing about the system you're setting up. Though for something like BT, I'm excited to see how it works with it. Updating packages in BT3 was a bit of a nuisance.


    I also agree that neither KDE or Gnome I find entirely satisfying. I was mostly a fluxbox/enlightenment man when I ran Gentoo on desktops. Nowadays I use Ubuntu-EEE on my laptop, really liking the Netbook Remix interface.
    And this is why we can't have nice things...
    And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts, And I looked and behold: a pale horse. And his name, that sat on him, was Death. And Hell followed with him.

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      • sintax_error
        DC949 Alchemist
        • Aug 2008
        • 488
        #17
        Re: Backtrack 4

        Although I've only been running BT4 on a box that does pretty much nothing (running it off a flash drive) for a couple hours, I think I can get into it at first glance. And yeah, apt-get, like it's counterparts in other distro's is always a plus. However, as far as ease of use goes, I'm going to have to agree with Thorn that even being Ubuntu based, BT was never meant for anyone who isn't doing at least some degree of pen testing/auditing, and is thus a poor choice for those on a beginner/intermediate level of *nix based OS comfort. Even for the advanced, I think BTx is best suited to reside on flash memory, live disc, etc. if not just for the fact that as a general purpose OS, it's simply lacking. Just another of my 2ยข tossed in the pot.
        "You have cubed asscheeks?"... "Do you not?"

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