looking for a "good" accessible linux distro

[Kelly Prescott]

I have a "image build" system on amazon.  I create the volumes, do a 
scripted install, and then the system makes a disk image which I download.
Then I just put the result onto a hard disk, resize the main partition, 
and install grub and away I go.

On Tue, 15 Jan 2013, Littlefield, Tyler wrote:

> I'm curious how you pull off the image thing; you said you create an image 
> and go from there. Do you install debian in a vm or something? how does that 
> work?
> On 1/15/2013 12:36 PM, Kelly Prescott wrote:
>>  I suggest Debian  or Arch.
>>  Debian works out of the box as long as you use software speech, and you
>>  can use the modified arch installer for Arch if you choose that.
>>  I am not sure if the Debian installer talks, because I build my debian
>>  images in the Amazon cloud and then download them and image them onto the
>>  hard drives I use.
>>  It is a strange process, but I get the exact stuff I want installed for
>>  each machine.
>>  I also maintain a "shell" machine which is a netbook running Debian
>>  Testing that I use to connect to any machine that only has ssh access.
>> 
>>
>>  On Mon, 14 Jan 2013, Don Raikes wrote:
>> 
>> >  Hello,
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> >  I have been working with linux for over 12 years now.  I have used 
>> >  redhat, fedora, debian and ubuntu, but now I need to move from ubuntu to 
>> >  something different and hopefully more accessible.
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> >  The latest few releases of ubuntu have become almost totally 
>> >  inaccessible with thee new unity desktop.
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> >  My goal is to create an accessible linux livecd with a ton of accessible 
>> >  cyber security tools like cyber forensics and network security tools.
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> >  I don't mind compiling the tools myself and doing that part, I just need 
>> >  a good baseline linux distro.
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> >  Most of the tools are console-based, so something that boots to the 
>> >  console is great as long as I can go into an x-windows environment if 
>> >  necessary.
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> >  I am open to suggestions and would appreciate some tips.
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