BackBox Linux 4.6 is Available For Download and What News
BackBox is an open source and free Linux distribution based on the world’s most popular free operating system, Ubuntu, built around the lightweight Xfce desktop environment and developed to perform security assessments and penetration tests.
Distributed as Live DVDs for 64-bit and 32-bit platforms :
The operating system can be downloaded from Softpedia or its official website as Live DVD ISO images of approximately 2GB in size each, designed to support the 64-bit (amd64) and 32-bit (i386) hardware platforms.
What's new in BackBox Linux 4.6 :
- Updated Linux Kernel 4.2
- Updated Ruby 2.2
- Updated hacking tools: beef, dirsearch, metasploit, openvas, setoolkit, volatility, wpscan, wxhexeditor, yara, etc.
System requirements
- 32-bit or 64-bit processor
- 512 MB of system memory (RAM)
- 10 GB of disk space for installation
- Graphics card capable of 800×600 resolution
- DVD-ROM drive or USB port (3 GB)
Ruby 2.2 is now available
Other changes implemented in the BackBox Linux 4.6 operating system are the update of the Ruby dynamic, object-oriented, and general-purpose programming language to version 2.2, which has been enabled by default, the latest updates from the upstream Ubuntu Linux software repositories, and, of course, many small bug fixes.
BackBox Linux 4.6 appears to be the last in the series, and if you are using any of the releases from the 4.x branch, you can upgrade right now by using the set of commands listed below. On the other hand, newcomers to this security-oriented OS can download the 64-bit and 32-bit Live ISO images right now via our website.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get install -f
Here is the brief release announcement with upgrade instructions. The new version of BackBox Linux is available for download from this mirror in Italy: backbox-4.6-amd64.iso (2,270MB, SHA256, torrent, pkglist).
