Why SLAXSubmitted by mtesauro on Fri, 04/24/2009 - 18:10 |
Mostly, I choose to move the distro from Morphix to SLAX for a couple of reasons:
(1) I really like the modular nature of SLAX. The modular nature of SLAX has several benefits:
- Easy to make/update new modules
- Breaks adding new tools/docs/etc into neat atomic units (basically cranking out a new module)
- The tools to create modules allow you to pull new modules from various package sources
(Note: source installs are preferred)- SLAX packages (.lzm)
- Slackware packages (.tgz)
- Debian (.deb)
(2) SLAX has shown to be a good distribution for customized Live CDs (Backtrack, Ophcrack's Live CD, Whax, DAVIX, etc)
(3) SLAX generally has has good hardware support
(4) SLAX defaults to KDE which is generally better received than other desktop environments by those without Linux experience [start flames now]
(5) SLAX has good potential for keeping the Live CD updated in the future (perhaps even dynamically) see the OWASP Live CD Roadmap [PAGE NOT MADE]
Basically in my time with Linux, I've used a ton of different distros - some have even accused me of being an OS slut - so my choice was based on more than my narrow exposure to only a single distro or live CD. In the past, I've remastered Knoppix (there's a great O'Reilly book on that - though a bit old) and used countless live CDs. I've also run the following on "real iron" (in no particular order):
- Redhat
- Mandrake
- Corel Linux
- Caldera Linux
- Slackware
- Debian
- Turbo Linux
- Gentoo
- Ubuntu and many *buntu variants
- SUSE & OpenSUSE
- Knoppix
- RHEL
- CentOS
- SLES
- Linspire
- Xandros
- OpenNA
- Yellow Dog
- PPC Linux
- ...