Are "hacker" distros a meme?

>>52893833

TTTTTRRRROGGGGGGDOOOOOOOOOR

>>52893833
Quite, thou you can use something like BlachArch for quick access of a lot of tools, although is a killer.

Anyway, you should rely on what you use instead of what the distro comes.

>>52893833
No, they're a tool.

>>52893833
They are just a normal linux distro with all the tools already installed, quit being a kid.

>>52893833
Yes.

Even if you are not a 13 year old who wants to be a h4xx0r you'll never need all of the shit that comes with them.
It's better to install your favourite distro and manually get the tools that you need to get the job done and avoid useless bloat.

>Implying Puppy is not best whitehat distro

>>52893833
No, but using it as your main OS on your personal machine is retarded. It's meant to be run off a flash drive, or if installed, in a lab environment/virtual machine only.

>>52893833
If you use them in a live usb: no
If you use them as your main OS: yes

>>52893833
Every distro is a meme

I love that whenever there is Kali or Tails news you get retards trying to use it as a desktop os because they heard it's a "security os"

>>52893999
I think Kali is having trouble using some tools if you use as VM though. Especially tools that involve network cards.

>>52894418
So the tools that doesn't involve networking are good to use? :^)

>>52893999
>>52894030
Why not just install the packages on your main distro? Unless you use Windows.

>>52893833
I don't know about "Hacker" distros, but having a liveCD with ready to run pentesting and network sniffing tools is pretty nice for the occasion when you need them.

>>52896204
kali is just a distro for pentesting only. That means it is a normal linux distro which is special configured to use all the programms on it. The special configuration open many security holes on the distro. Because that you don't run Kali as root, too.

>>52896414

Reminder: people are bad at writting secure softwares, security people are even worst at it.

Wow blackarch is awesome. I want to try it. Can I crack neighbor WiFi password with it?

https://blackarch.org/

>>52896496
I was joking. What can I do with those tools? Tell me the most awesome stuff that I can do

>pseudo intellectual answers

Every time

>>52893833
asking here makes you an idiot.
it's a toolkit, of relatively old and worn out tools.
got an anvil? doesn't make you a blacksmith.
got a welder? doesn't make you a not shit welder.
got a saw? doesn't make you a carpenter.
Your question is akin to asking: "will this wrench make my car go faster?"
well that depends, dipshit.
if you're a fucking retard then downloading kali will not help you hack anything.

>>52893833
most of their shit doesnt even work and you need special "hardware" for it
literally Jew:the operation system

>>52896728
kek

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Real hackers use Gentoo

It's a pentesting distro. It's only there for pentesting. It's not your standard distro you use every day.

It conveniently comes with most tools I can think of.

Too much time on their hands: Gentoo
Boring office stuff like spread sheets: Red Hat, CentOS
Gaming and noobs general: Ubuntu
Entry-level coding: Debian
Reale serious coding, top-end server stuff and hacking: Arch

>>52896877

wiseman

>>52893970
B-but live boot dvd

>>52893833
>Are "hacker" distros a meme?
There no "hacker" distros, their just pentest distros.
And they are not special most hackers i've come across write their shit themself.

>tfw ur network card isn't compatible with wifite and affiliate programs with the live cd so you have to dual boot it and alter your driver

>>52893833
What's the definition of "meme", OP?

>>52900353
> don't know the definition of meme
> must be reddit user, kek

>>52893902
blackarch is great if you want a backdoor and broken arch install :')

Don't know about the hacking part, but Kali JUST WERKZ unlike every other distro I've tried.

>>52898976
configure your own debian live usb

>>52900409
>must be reddit user, kek
What are you implying? That I don't know what a meme is?

>>52893833
what a waste of dubs...

>>52896550
You, probably nothing. Nothing personnel kid.

>>52900889
Why waste time configuring something that will end up 80% the same as Kali?

>>52896877
Red hat and Cent are better for servers than Arch.

>>52893833
They have been a meme for so long that calling them a meme is a meme now.

>>52896877
You have never touched an enterprise server in your entire lifetime, have you ?
Everybody prefers "stable" software and that's why there are plenty of projects that still use COBOL and old versions of C++ and up to like fucking Java 1.4.

>>52900409

You know what is a meme? Calling people reddit users just because they're trying to learn. Everyone was a newfag once.

I use Blackarch for pentesting but wouldn't use it as my daily driver

Not for the starting attacker.

The preloaded tools are pretty good, but that's all it is. A pretty stable OS with tools.

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>>52896877
Archfag detected

>>52904215
>Arch
>Compile
Nigger what

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>>52902333
Goddamn it man!

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>>52896877
> Boring office stuff like spread sheets: Red Hat, CentOS
> Entry-level coding: Debian
> top-end server stuff and hacking: Arch
>>Arch
>>>ARCH
I have never seen an Arch Linux on servers in my entire life. However, my colleague, a mature 35yo sysadmin, once mentioned that he knew a guy who used a Gentoo on his servers. Of course, if we're talking about hipster stuff, then Arch is superior, but in that case I have even better solution for you: Windows Server.

>>52896414

You absolutely run Kali as root.

What you don't do is have any expectation of security. That is not what Kali is for.

>>52893833

Kali is the most popular penetration testing platform in the world, no it is not a meme. Also, the OSCP is the most respected security cert among non-HR people aka: actual people that do the work.

If you mean 'should I run Kali as my main OS on my desktop' then the answer is no and in that case yes it would be a 'meme', if people really are doing/suggesting that.

>>52893970

Kali has a unique kernal and you 'favorite distro' will not behave the same way or allow you to do the same things as Kali does even with the same tools.

>>52896414

>You don't run Kali as root.

Where did you come up with that idea? The exact opposite is true: Kali defaults to root.

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>>52904215
>that wall of text
>I just read it

Oh fuck,there go my sides.

>>52904324
>Windows Server.
ISHYGDDT

>>52893833
No, you throw them in a vm and use them as disposable easy to use tools for CTF events

>>52904324
Gentoo is pretty popular for servers

>>52904929
Yeah, heaven forbid someone would use a server OS that is commonly found in enterprise environments.