looking for a "good" accessible linux distro

[Littlefield, Tyler]

On 1/15/2013 2:02 PM, Don Raikes wrote:
> I appreciate all the suggestions.
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> FYI: according to a blog post I read the arch packages are not signed, and even if they are pacman does not verify signatures when installing.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman-key
> Since I am interested in security, this is going to eliminate arch from my choices.
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> I just installed knoppix Adriane 7.0.5 onto my desktop system and will spend some time working with it to see if it will meet my needs.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kelly Prescott [mailto:kprescott at coolip.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 12:37 PM
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> Subject: Re: looking for a "good" accessible linux distro
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> 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.
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> On Mon, 14 Jan 2013, Don Raikes wrote:
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>> Hello,
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>> 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.
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>> The latest few releases of ubuntu have become almost totally inaccessible with thee new unity desktop.
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>> My goal is to create an accessible linux livecd with a ton of accessible cyber security tools like cyber forensics and network security tools.
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>> I don't mind compiling the tools myself and doing that part, I just need a good baseline linux distro.
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>> 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.
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>> I am open to suggestions and would appreciate some tips.
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