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Helix

Helix

Last Update: Wednesday 27 July 2011 11:53 GMT


Helix
Helix is a customised distribution based on Ubuntu with excellent hardware detection and many applications dedicated to incident response and forensics.


Helix Summary
Distribution Helix
Home Page http://www.e-fense.com/helix/
Mailing Lists --
User Forums http://www.e-fense.com/forums/
Documentation --
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Download Mirrors Old version only: http://mirrors.cmich.edu/helix/
Bug Tracker --
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Recent Related News
 • 2008-09-23: Distribution Release: Helix 2008R1
 • 2007-07-14: Distribution Release: Helix 1.9
 • 2006-10-06: Distribution Release: Helix 1.8
 • 2006-03-08: Distribution Release: Helix 1.7 (03-07-2006)
 • 2005-12-08: Distribution Release: Helix 1.7
 • 2005-03-05: Distribution Release: Helix 1.6

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  • Notes: In case where multiple versions of a package are shipped with a distribution, only the default version appears in the table. For indication about the GNOME version, please check the 'nautilus' and 'gnome-shell' packages. As per the Apache project's recommendations, apache 1.3.x is referred to as 'apache', while apache 2.x is referred to as 'httpd'.
  • Colour scheme: green text = latest stable version, red text = development or beta version. The function determining beta versions is not 100% reliable due to a wide variety of versioning schemes.

Feature 2008R1 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.5
Release Date 2008/09/22 2007/07/13 2006/10/06 2006/03/07 2005/03/04 2004/12/07
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free
CDs 1 1 1 1 1 1
Free Download ISO ISO ISO -- -- --
Installation Graphical -- -- -- -- --
Default Desktop GNOME Xfce Xfce Xfce Xfce Fluxbox
Package Management DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB
Office Suite OpenOffice OpenOffice OpenOffice OpenOffice -- --
Processor Architecture i386 i386 i386 i386 i386 i386
Journaled File Systems ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS -- -- -- -- --
Multilingual            
Asian Language Support -- -- -- -- -- cn, jp, tw
Package 2008R1 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.5
abiword (2.8.6) -- -- -- -- -- --
alsa-lib (1.0.25) 1.0.15 1.0.10 1.0.10 1.0.9 1.0.8 1.0.5
ati-driver (8.961) -- -- -- -- -- --
banshee (2.4.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
bash (4.2) 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.0
bind (9.9.0) -- -- -- -- 9.2.4 9.2.4rc5
chromium (r138087) -- -- -- -- -- --
cups (1.5.3) 1.3.7 1.1.23 1.1.23 1.1.23 1.1.23 1.1.21rc1
dhcp (4.2.3-P2) 3.0.6 3.0.3 3.0.3 3.0.1 3.0.1 3.0.1
firefox (12.0) 3.0.1 1.5 1.5 1.5.0.1 1.0 --
freetype (2.4.9) 2.3.5 2.2.1 2.2.1 2.1.7 2.1.7 2.1.7
gcc (4.7.0) 4.2.3 4.0.2 4.0.2 4.0.1 3.3.5 3.3.4
gimp (2.8.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
glibc (2.15) 2.7 2.3.6 2.3.6 2.3.5 2.3.2 2.3.2
gnome-shell (3.4.1)            
gnucash (2.4.10) -- -- -- -- -- --
gnumeric (1.10.17) -- -- -- -- -- --
grub (1.99) 0.97 0.96 0.96 0.96 0.95 0.95
gtk+ (3.4.3) 2.12.9 2.8.9 2.8.9 2.6.10 2.4.13 2.4.4
httpd (2.4.2) -- -- -- -- -- --
inkscape (0.48.3.1) -- -- -- -- -- --
k3b (2.0.2) -- -- -- -- 0.11.17 0.11.13
kdelibs (4.8.3) -- -- -- -- 3.3.1 3.2.3
libgnome (2.32.1) 2.22.0 2.10.1 2.10.1 2.10.1 2.8.0 2.6.1.1
libreoffice (3.5.3) 2.4.1 2.0.1 2.0.1 2.0.0 -- --
linux (3.4) 2.6.24 2.6.18 2.6.14 2.6.14 2.6.10 2.6.7
Package 2008R1 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.5
lxde-common (0.5.5) -- -- -- -- -- --
MesaLib (8.0.3)            
module-init-tools (3.16) 3.3-pre11 3.2.2 3.2.2 3.2-pre1 3.1 3.1-pre5
mysql (5.5.24) -- 5.0.18 5.0.18 -- 4.0.22 4.0.20
nautilus (3.4.2) 2.22.3 -- -- -- -- --
NVIDIA (295.53) -- -- -- -- -- --
openbox (3.5.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
openjdk (7b147) -- -- -- -- -- --
openssh (6.0p1) 4.7p1 4.2p1 4.2p1 4.2p1 3.8.1p1 3.8.1p1
openssl (1.0.1c) 0.9.8g 0.9.8a 0.9.8a 0.9.7g 0.9.7e 0.9.7d
perl (5.16.0) 5.8.8 5.8.7 5.8.7 5.8.7 5.8.4 5.8.4
php (5.4.3) -- -- -- -- 4.3.9 4.3.8
pidgin (2.10.4) -- -- -- -- 1.0.3 0.81
postfix (2.9.3) -- -- -- -- -- --
postgresql (9.1.3) -- -- -- -- -- --
Python (3.2.3) 2.5.2 2.3.5 2.3.5 2.3.5 2.3.4 2.3.4
qt (4.8.1) -- 3.3.5 3.3.5 3.3.5 3.3.3 3.2.3
samba (3.6.5) 3.0.28a 3.0.20b 3.0.20b 3.0.14a 3.0.9 3.0.5
thunderbird (12.0.1) -- -- -- -- -- --
udev (182) 117 079 079 -- -- --
vim (7.3) 7.1 6.4 6.4 6.3 6.3 6.3
vlc (2.0.1) -- -- -- -- -- --
xfdesktop (4.10.0) -- 4.2.3 4.2.3 4.2.2 4.2.0 --
xine-lib (1.2.1) -- 1.0.1 1.0.1 1.0.1 1-rc7 1-rc5
xorg-server (1.12.1) 1.4.1git (6.8.2) (6.8.2) -- -- --
xz (5.0.3)            


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