Which linux distro is best for pentesting

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>>57879044
If you are a student and want to learn: blackbuntu
if you want to pentest for real: cyborg

(you should also check live hack os)

>>57879217
Could you give me key reasons for using either? These are distros I don't recognize

BlackArch for installing. Kali for a live booting.

Kali linux comes with alot of penetration testing tools however any linux distribution out there should have these tools available

>>57879044
unironically Gentoo, if configured well, you have superior speed, safety and all the tools you need.

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>>57879044

Black Arch.

Also, if u r serious, you'll vm 2 or 3 distros and have them all available at the same time. No need to box your thinking into "THE One." That is exactly the opposite of the cognitive process required to engage in pen testing.

>>57879044
Kali. Don't fall for Black Arch or stuff like that. These are all made by scriptkiddies.

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>>57879044
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.

There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.

literally any distro, it doesn't matter
if your tool runs on one distro, you can p. much install it just as much on any other distro (or create a version of that distro pre-packaged with the tools you want or just make an install script that installs all the tools you want or, ...)

Depending on what kind of pentesting you're going to do, you'll probably need wildly different tools, so I don't think there is much of a point to using a "pentesting-specific" distro, just use any that works for you.

Pentoo, at least for SDR stuff

Any way to install Xubuntu without getting 6 million applications that i will never use?

>>57883055
Try this, Ubuntu Minimal/Server + sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop xorg lightdm

>>57879044

Start with Kali, since it gives you all the sweets out of the box.

Later on, when you know your tools and get intermediate level, black arch.