Few days ago the launch of the new version of BackBox Linux 7 was presented, in which it is mentioned that it arrives with a large number of updates and above all it arrives with a change in the base of the system, since this new version It arrives based on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
For those unaware of back box linux, You should know that this is an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution intended for penetration and security testing that provides a network and computer systems analysis toolkit. The BackBox Desktop Environment includes a complete set of tools necessary for ethical hacking and security testing.
The main objective of BackBox is to provide an alternative system, highly customizable and with good performance. BackBox uses the light Xfce window manager.
BackBox includes some of the most widely used security and analysis Linux tools, They target a wide variety of objectives, from web application analysis to network analysis, from stress testing to tracing, and even vulnerability assessment, computer forensics and exploitation.
Part of the power of this distribution comes from its Launchpad repository core, constantly updated to the latest stable version of the most popular and widely used ethical hacking tools.
The integration and development of new tools in the distribution follow the open source community, in particular the criteria of the Debian Free Software Guidelines.
What's new in BackBox Linux 7?
This new version of the system has as main novelty the change of the base with which an update of the system components was carried out from Ubuntu 18.04 to branch 20.04 and with it the work for the builds for i386 architecture stopped, BackBox Linux 6 being the latest version of the distribution with support for 32 bits.
With the change of base, we can find that the Linux kernel has been updated to version 5.4 and with it the new core guaranteed support for Navi and AMD Ryzen 4000U / H and AMD Radeon Instinct MI100, although compatibility with current hardware is of secondary importance for a forensic distribution.
Another of the changes that stands out are the updated versions of security testing tools and the components of the desktop environment and that also the ISO image in a hybrid format and is adapted for loading on UEFI systems.
On the part of the system components, we can find the desktop environment Current Xfce 4.14.2 and new application software such as Office Suite LibreOffice 6.4.3, Mozilla Firefox version 76.0.1, as well as Gimp 2.10.18 and VLC 3.0.9.
Of the other updated packages, they were little more than 700 (between utilities, libraries and system packages).
Finally if you want to know more about it, you can check the launch notice on their official website where you will also find the necessary requirements to be able to run this Linux distribution.
Download BackBox Linux 7
Finally, if you want to get this new version of BackBox Linux 7, just they will have to go to the official website of the distribution where you can get the image of the system from your download section.
The size of the bootable ISO image is 2.5 GB.
Similarly, for those who prefer it or if they are already users of the system and want to help with the development, they can obtain a paid version of the system for a modest amount.
The link to be able download the system is this.
Finally yes You already have a previous version of the distro, you can update to this new version by executing the update commands:
sudo apt update -y sudo apt upgrade -y sudo apt dist-upgrade
At the end of the update you will have to restart your computer in order to load the system with the new Kernel.
For anyone who wants to pentest in their various environments, BackBox makes the task much easier than many other operating systems.