On Mar 1, 2011 2:29 PM, <teddieeb@tmo.blackberry.net> wrote:
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> Jason Hsu said:
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> Linux Mint is derived from Ubuntu, so I don't know how you can pan Ubuntu but praise Mint. No distro can be good at everything, but there's no denying the impact of Ubuntu. It has moved the Overton Window in the Windows-vs.-Linux shift.
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> Technically, Linux Mint has variants based off BOTH Ubuntu and Debian, it's user choice.
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> Plus I use Backtrack on my laptops, it is Ubuntu Based. Backtracks unique spin makes it worth using on a laptop, but Ubuntu's "Uniqueness" annoys the living crap out of me... One of the major gripes I have with Backtrack,
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> I've also read that backtrack is moving to KDE4 in the BackTrack 5 release they are working on... This too annoys me.
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I like backtrack too. I have a vm of a full install of it on every server box I have. However, I think this is the first time I've ever heard someone recommend running it as a main desktop. That is just not what it was designed for. It's mainly designed for penntests and maybe for forensics (though there are better distros for forensics imo).
You might want to read up on offensive-security or backtracklinux (IIRC) before considering using it as a desktop. They make some major modifications to many network packages and I think the kernel too in order to make as many features of some tools work out of the box. I think mysql comes with some default accounts for some programs to use it as well. Hence I'd think that you'd want to go through a pretty big investment in time if you wanted to get backtrack to work for a basic desktop. And this definitely wouldn't be on my list of possibilities for a corporate desktop linux.