[Kostolany]

Hello.
Ive stumbled upon this on another tread.
I couldnt find any extensive answers on google so Ill ask here.

• What is Black´buntu and who uses it?
  
• What is it good for?
  
• Does it have any downsides?
  
• Why is it relatively unknown?
  

[mothered]

Unless I'm very much mistaken, I believe @"R|NG0" Is quite familiar with Black´buntu, so hopefully he/she can be of help.

[d4ggm4sk]

Hi @mothered, thank you for summoning me. Im just about to start my coffee brewer, and yes, 'he' can be of help.

What is Black´buntu and who uses it?
- Blackbuntu is a derivant of Ubuntu. Most specifically, a linux distribution made for hacking.

What is it good for?
- Hacking, with a focus on penetration testing and offensive security. It was first made for research purposes in these fields. It comes with several pen testing apps like my personal favorites Metasploit and another exploitation tool called Empire. They are basically used to gain control of another person's computer. It also has other types of hacking tools like password sniffers and crackers, network mappers, forensics, SQL-injection apps and more. Just the typical hacking kit.

Does it have any downsides?
- Its not as advanced as maybe Kali linux, or as high tech as maybe Arch/Blackarch. Mostly since its based of ubuntu. But on the flip side, ubuntu makes things easier to use.

Why is it relatively unknown?
- My personal opinion is that many (or atleast some) distros that have become uknown have done so not because they lack potential, but because the big fish on the market ate all the food. Lots of people tend to just go for the more mainstream distros. And since Kali is so popular, for example, they get more popularity just from that, and may even grow disproportionately more than how good they really are in comparison to other distros. And similarly, the less popular distros may not be that much worse than the big ones, but it's just the 'big' distros that steal the spotlight from them. Ive tried several less known distros, and most of them are actually quite good.

[mothered]

@"R|NG0", much appreciate your prompt response and In depth reply.

Thank you.

[Kostolany]

Hi @mothered, thank you for summoning me. Im just about to start my coffee brewer, and yes, 'he' can be of help.

What is Black´buntu and who uses it?
- Blackbuntu is a derivant of Ubuntu. Most specifically, a linux distribution made for hacking.

What is it good for?
- Hacking, with a focus on penetration testing and offensive security. It was first made for research purposes in these fields. It comes with several pen testing apps like my personal favorites Metasploit and another exploitation tool called Empire. They are basically used to gain control of another person's computer. It also has other types of hacking tools like password sniffers and crackers, network mappers, forensics, SQL-injection apps and more. Just the typical hacking kit.

Does it have any downsides?
- Its not as advanced as maybe Kali linux, or as high tech as maybe Arch/Blackarch. Mostly since its based of ubuntu. But on the flip side, ubuntu makes things easier to use.

Why is it relatively unknown?
- My personal opinion is that many (or atleast some) distros that have become uknown have done so not because they lack potential, but because the big fish on the market ate all the food. Lots of people tend to just go for the more mainstream distros. And since Kali is so popular, for example, they get more popularity just from that, and may even grow disproportionately more than how good they really are in comparison to other distros. And similarly, the less popular distros may not be that much worse than the big ones, but it's just the 'big' distros that steal the spotlight from them. Ive tried several less known distros, and most of them are actually quite good.

Thank you a lot for this quick and excessive answer. I feel like I would listen to you for hours talking about your experiences since it seems like you are a very well established black hat. If you dont mind me asking what kind of apprenticeship did you do?

[d4ggm4sk]

Hi @mothered, thank you for summoning me. Im just about to start my coffee brewer, and yes, 'he' can be of help.

What is Black´buntu and who uses it?
- Blackbuntu is a derivant of Ubuntu. Most specifically, a linux distribution made for hacking.

What is it good for?
- Hacking, with a focus on penetration testing and offensive security. It was first made for research purposes in these fields. It comes with several pen testing apps like my personal favorites Metasploit and another exploitation tool called Empire. They are basically used to gain control of another person's computer. It also has other types of hacking tools like password sniffers and crackers, network mappers, forensics, SQL-injection apps and more. Just the typical hacking kit.

Does it have any downsides?
- Its not as advanced as maybe Kali linux, or as high tech as maybe Arch/Blackarch. Mostly since its based of ubuntu. But on the flip side, ubuntu makes things easier to use.

Why is it relatively unknown?
- My personal opinion is that many (or atleast some) distros that have become uknown have done so not because they lack potential, but because the big fish on the market ate all the food. Lots of people tend to just go for the more mainstream distros. And since Kali is so popular, for example, they get more popularity just from that, and may even grow disproportionately more than how good they really are in comparison to other distros. And similarly, the less popular distros may not be that much worse than the big ones, but it's just the 'big' distros that steal the spotlight from them. Ive tried several less known distros, and most of them are actually quite good.

Thank you a lot for this quick and excessive answer. I feel like I would listen to you for hours talking about your experiences since it seems like you are a very well established black hat. If you dont mind me asking what kind of apprenticeship did you do?

Haha, I am flattered that you think that way. No-no, honored, to say the least. I like to discuss these kinds of things too. It means my time spent surfing the web and reading some books about the subject paid off. Because the only formal 'education' I have ever taken this far was a programming class that I just cheated in and faked the grade. I am mostly self-thought, and I observe. What do you mean by apprenticeship, exactly? Im not that familiar with the term. Unless you mean like educational studies in smth like college or likewise.

[Kostolany]

Hi @mothered, thank you for summoning me. Im just about to start my coffee brewer, and yes, 'he' can be of help.

What is Black´buntu and who uses it?
- Blackbuntu is a derivant of Ubuntu. Most specifically, a linux distribution made for hacking.

What is it good for?
- Hacking, with a focus on penetration testing and offensive security. It was first made for research purposes in these fields. It comes with several pen testing apps like my personal favorites Metasploit and another exploitation tool called Empire. They are basically used to gain control of another person's computer. It also has other types of hacking tools like password sniffers and crackers, network mappers, forensics, SQL-injection apps and more. Just the typical hacking kit.

Does it have any downsides?
- Its not as advanced as maybe Kali linux, or as high tech as maybe Arch/Blackarch. Mostly since its based of ubuntu. But on the flip side, ubuntu makes things easier to use.

Why is it relatively unknown?
- My personal opinion is that many (or atleast some) distros that have become uknown have done so not because they lack potential, but because the big fish on the market ate all the food. Lots of people tend to just go for the more mainstream distros. And since Kali is so popular, for example, they get more popularity just from that, and may even grow disproportionately more than how good they really are in comparison to other distros. And similarly, the less popular distros may not be that much worse than the big ones, but it's just the 'big' distros that steal the spotlight from them. Ive tried several less known distros, and most of them are actually quite good.

Thank you a lot for this quick and excessive answer. I feel like I would listen to you for hours talking about your experiences since it seems like you are a very well established black hat. If you dont mind me asking what kind of apprenticeship did you do?

Haha, I am flattered that you think that way. No-no, honored, to say the least. I like to discuss these kinds of things too. It means my time spent surfing the web and reading some books about the subject paid off. Because the only formal 'education' I have ever taken this far was a programming class that I just cheated in and faked the grade. I am mostly self-thought, and I observe. What do you mean by apprenticeship, exactly? Im not that familiar with the term. Unless you mean like educational studies in smth like college or likewise.

Yes I mean education

[d4ggm4sk]

Thank you a lot for this quick and excessive answer. I feel like I would listen to you for hours talking about your experiences since it seems like you are a very well established black hat. If you dont mind me asking what kind of apprenticeship did you do?

Haha, I am flattered that you think that way. No-no, honored, to say the least. I like to discuss these kinds of things too. It means my time spent surfing the web and reading some books about the subject paid off. Because the only formal 'education' I have ever taken this far was a programming class that I just cheated in and faked the grade. I am mostly self-thought, and I observe. What do you mean by apprenticeship, exactly? Im not that familiar with the term. Unless you mean like educational studies in smth like college or likewise.

Yes I mean education

I cant say exactly what education I have and what I dont,
I prefer my fair share of anonymity; but I can tell you that Im mostly self thaught when it comes to hacking.
My rule of thumb is: bash the keyboard until something happens; in other words; practice through action and doing; aswell as learning and researching.
Both carry the same weight.

[Kostolany]

Haha, I am flattered that you think that way. No-no, honored, to say the least. I like to discuss these kinds of things too. It means my time spent surfing the web and reading some books about the subject paid off. Because the only formal 'education' I have ever taken this far was a programming class that I just cheated in and faked the grade. I am mostly self-thought, and I observe. What do you mean by apprenticeship, exactly? Im not that familiar with the term. Unless you mean like educational studies in smth like college or likewise.

Yes I mean education

I cant say exactly what education I have and what I dont,
I prefer my fair share of anonymity; but I can tell you that Im mostly self thaught when it comes to hacking.
My rule of thumb is: bash the keyboard until something happens; in other words; practice through action and doing; aswell as learning and researching.
Both carry the same weight.

Have you ever gotten into any legal trouble doing so?

[d4ggm4sk]

Yes I mean education

I cant say exactly what education I have and what I dont,
I prefer my fair share of anonymity; but I can tell you that Im mostly self thaught when it comes to hacking.
My rule of thumb is: bash the keyboard until something happens; in other words; practice through action and doing; aswell as learning and researching.
Both carry the same weight.

Have you ever gotten into any legal trouble doing so?

Nope. Im not sure there's even any legislation against it in my country.