nUbuntu
Well it’s been quite some time since I updated this blog and to those that keep checking back, my apologies and appreciation. Things have been hectic this summer but there are a lot of cool projects underway. Inguma will (hopefully) have another release sometime in the near future with some awesome modules and exploits but unfortunately I can’t get into details on that. However, I can go into details on another new project which has recently caught my eye, nUbuntu!
What is nUbuntu you ask? Well I am glad you asked. Per the words of the site:
The main goal of nUbuntu is to create a distribution which is derived from the Ubuntu distribution, and add packages related to security testing, and remove unneeded packages, such as Gnome, Openoffice.org, and Evolution. nUbuntu is the result of an idea two people had to create a new distribution for the learning experience. Many people ask, “What makes it better than X?”, or “Why should I use this over Y”. Our answer to this question is, we do not think about whether people are using it or not. We are more concerned about the learning process. If you want to try something with a clean interface, fast, and an excellent range of programs please don’t hesitate to download nUbuntu.
Last night I downloaded the .iso and needless to say I am very impressed.
It should be noted that nUbuntu was originally released as a stripped down version of 6.10 and has since been pretty dormant. Recently the project was resurrected from the depths of FOSS abandonment and looks to be making a strong comeback. The 8.04 release is still in alpha and as with any alpha release, there is a lot of work to be done but so far the included utilities are off to a fantastic start.
Even as a liveCD in a VirtualBox, nUbuntu performs quickly and is terribly responsive. The tools, while not all complete and/or fully implemented (it’s alpha!) really do a great job of demonstrating just how flexible and useful this distro aims to be. While I could go on about the utilities and what it includes, the screenshots do a pretty fantastic job of that for me so take a look and see what it has to offer.
One last thing before we conclude todays episode of excitement, I often get the feeling like a lot of people in the community just want awesome tools without having to do much work which is not the spirit of community-based development. Rather than preach about the merits of contributing I will simply say this: download it, break it, improve it, donate it, make suggestions and help us give you a better tool to work with.
Open source is sexy and so are you.
thanks for sharing! i’ll check it out. It’s probably not better than backtrack since it’s only alpha, is it?
Hey Knubbl! Sorry for the delay (a month is pretty bad!) but for some reason I didn’t get the comment notification. As it stands, for the sake of being honest, it is not as full-featured as Backtrack3. We hope to get moving a long so that it is equal to if not better than Backtrack3.
I know a lot of people have had boot issues with Backtrack3 and that is something we have seen much less of using Ubuntu 8.04 as the base so hopefully that will work in our favor.