Re: Netbook & Distro for Bob

[Bill Swearingen <hevnsnt () i-hacked com>]

I agree w/Robert, my BT5r3 box is an Acer Aspire One.

On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 8:19 AM, Arch Angel <arch3angel () gmail com> wrote:

> I would try and find an older Aspire One on eBay or Craigslist, WalMart
> may even still sell some.  That's if it must be a netbook.  Have you
> considered older IBM Thinkpads, not much bigger and work nicely.  Any of
> those directions though are not going to have tons of computing power so
> any password cracking or other intensive tasks may not do well.
>
> I have three different netbooks, HP MiniNote 2133, Dell, and Aspire One.
> The HP MiniNote didn't do very well without changing the internal wireless
> card and tweaking things a good bit and tend to cost more because of the
> aluminum case.  The dell did well but an external wireless card (USB) is a
> must and they can be found fairly well at a reasonable price.  The Aspire
> one had an Atheros wireless card in them from the factory so if thats the
> gig then perfect.  I have seen people tweak the system to accept an
> external antenna but not sure how much work it really took, I just seen it
> completed.  The system itself is like all the netbooks, not a ton of
> computing power but gets the job done and can be found easy enough.
>
> Once you have the net book I would run BackTrack or Pentoo on a hard disk
> install.  To get the custom work you can knock out a shell script or Python
> script to execute on boot changing all those things.  Just give yourself a
> couple minutes before connecting it to a network after boot to make sure
> every change was completed, or script in a message box saying "Bob Is Ready"
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Robert
> (arch3angel)
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 11:45 PM, xgermx <xgermx () gmail com> wrote:
>
> > Good luck finding a netbook these days. I'd opt for a cheap laptop
> > instead, but that wasn't your question. As far as the OS goes, I recommend
> > BackTrack 5 R3 in stealth mode.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > germ.
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 9:19 PM, <admin () badcrc com> wrote:
> >
> > > My friend Bob is looking for a reasonably priced netbook with the
> > > following qualities:
> > >
> > > -Wireless (with expansion capabilities in case Bob wants to do wireless
> > > bridging, etc.)
> > > -Hardware that plays well with Linux
> > > -Decent battery life
> > > -Durable (will spend most of its life bouncing around in a backpack with
> > > other electronics)
> > >
> > > Bob was also wondering if there are any live distros out there that are
> > > privacy-centric.  He was hoping the OS he boots to would be anonymized
> > > every time (randomized MACs, hostname, etc. and any other privacy
> > > countermeasures).  Sorry, I know Bob is pretty paranoid, I tell him so all
> > > the time...
> > >
> > > Bob would appreciate any advice or recommendations.  Thanks!
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