nUbuntu

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

nUbuntu Linux
nUbuntu
Website www.nubuntu.org
Company/
developer		 Brendan Almonte
OS family Linux
Source model FOSS
Latest stable release 6.10 / November 21, 2006 (2006-11-21); 572 days ago
Kernel type Monolithic kernel
Default user interface Fluxbox
License Various
Working state Current

nUbuntu or Network Ubuntu is a project to take the existing Ubuntu distribution and remaster it as a Live CD and Full Install with tools needed for penetration testing servers and networks. The main idea is to keep Ubuntu's ease of use and mix it with popular penetration testing tools. Besides usage for network and server testing, nUbuntu will be made to be a desktop distribution for advanced Linux users.

Since this distribution is not updated for a long time (more than 560 days, as of june 2008), a user who wants a stable, updated, and secure system, with support for the latest hardware, can just use remastersys to easily create a customized Live CD/DVD of the latest version of ubuntu with their favorite tools and programs.

Contents

[edit] Contents

nUbuntu uses the light window manager Fluxbox.

It includes some of the most used security programs for Linux, such as Wireshark, nmap, dSniff, and Ettercap.

nUbuntu is much like Backtrack in its programs but is not as detailed.

[edit] History

  • 2005-12-18 - nUbuntu Project is born, developers release Testing 1
  • 2006-01-16 - nUbuntu Live developers release Stable 1
  • 2006-06-26 - nUbuntu Live developers release version 6.06
  • 2006-10-16 - nUbuntu featured in Hacker Japan, a Japanese hacker magazine
  • 2007-12-31 - nUbuntu developer TomB retires from project, Brendan Almonte takes over

[edit] Releases

Below is a list of previous and current releases.

Version Release date Release name
Stable 1 2006-01-16 nUbuntu Live
Stable 2006-06-26 6.06
Stable 2006-11-21 6.10

[edit] External links

Free software Portal
v • d • e
Ubuntu-based distributions and derivatives
Partner Projects
External
v • d • e
Linux distributions