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Pentoo


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Pentoo is a Gentoo-based Linux live CD with a selection of applications and tools designed to perform penetration testing.



Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 195 (42), 6 months: 170 (48), 3 months: 133 (63), 4 weeks: 91 (124), 1 week: 25 (418)

Average visitor rating: 8/10 from 1 review(s).


Pentoo Summary
Distribution Pentoo
Home Page https://www.pentoo.ch/
Mailing Lists --
User Forums --
Alternative User Forums
Documentation https://www.pentoo.ch/docs
Screenshots --
Screencasts
Download Mirrors https://www.pentoo.ch/downloads
Bug Tracker https://github.com/pentoo/pentoo-overlay/issues
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Where To Donate, Buy, or Try

Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2016-08-02: Development Release: Pentoo 2015.0 RC5
 • 2015-12-02: Development Release: Pentoo 2015.0 RC4.6
 • 2015-01-05: Development Release: Pentoo 2015.0 RC3.7
 • 2013-03-09: Development Release: Pentoo 2013.0 RC1.1
 • 2012-11-10: Development Release: Pentoo 2012.0 Beta 3
 • 2012-09-07: Development Release: Pentoo 2012.0 Beta 2
 • 2012-07-31: Development Release: Pentoo 2012.0 Beta
 • 2009-12-05: Distribution Release: Pentoo 2009.0
 • 2009-08-18: Development Release: Pentoo 2009.0 Beta
 • 2006-07-05: Distribution Release: Mini-Pentoo 2006.1
 • 2006-02-03: Distribution Release: Mini-Pentoo 2006.0
 • More Pentoo releases...

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 • 2018-07-18 Pentoo update errror
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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. The Apache web server is listed as "httpd" and the Linux kernel is listed as "linux". The KDE desktop is represented by the "plasma-desktop" package and the Xfce desktop by the "xfdesktop" package.
  • 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 daily 2024.0 2019.1
Release Date 2024-02-02 2024-01-30 2019-04-25
End Of Life      
Price (US$) Free Free Free
Image Size (MB) 5100-5200 5100-5200 2900-3300
Free Download ISO ISO ISO
Installation -- -- --
Default Desktop Xfce Xfce Xfce
Package Management Portage Portage Portage
Release Model Rolling Fixed Fixed
Office Suite -- LibreOffice LibreOffice
Processor Architecture i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64
Init Software SysV SysV SysV
Journaled File Systems      
Multilingual      
Asian Language Support -- -- --
Full Package List daily 2024.0 2019.1
abiword (3.0.5) -- -- --
alsa-lib (1.2.11) -- 1.2.9 1.1.8
amdgpu (23.0.0) -- -- --
bash (5.2.21) -- 5.1 4.4
bind (9.18.21) -- -- --
chromium (121.0.6167.139) -- 120.0.6099.129 73.0.3683.75
cups (2.4.7) -- 2.4.7 2.2.7
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) -- 4.4.3 4.4.1
e2fsprogs (1.47.0) -- 1.47.0 1.44.5
firefox (122.0) -- 115.6.0 60.6.1
freetype (2.13.2) -- 2.13.2 2.9.1
gcc (13.2.0) -- 13.2.1 8.2.0
gimp (2.10.36) -- -- --
glibc (2.39) -- 2.38 2.28
gnome-shell (45.3) -- -- --
gnucash (5.5) -- -- --
gnumeric (1.12.56) -- -- --
grub (2.12) -- 2.06 2.02
gtk (4.12.5) -- 4.12.4 3.24.4
httpd (2.4.58) -- -- --
inkscape (1.3.1) -- -- --
k3b (23.08.4) -- -- --
kmod (31) -- 31 25
krita (5.2.2) -- -- --
LibreOffice (24.2.0) -- 7.5.9.2 6.1.5
linux (6.7.3) -- 6.6 5.0.9
lxpanel (0.10.1) -- -- --
mariadb (11.1.3) -- -- --
mate-desktop (1.26.2) -- -- --
mesa (24.0.0) -- 23.3.1 18.3.6
mysql (8.3.0) -- -- --
nautilus (45.2.1) -- -- --
NVIDIA (545.29.06) -- -- --
openbox (3.6.1) -- -- --
openjdk (21.0.2) -- 8.382 1.8.0
openssh (9.6p1) -- 9.6p1 7.9p1
openssl (3.2.1) -- 3.0.12g 1.0.2r
perl (5.38.2) -- 5.38.2 5.26.2
php (8.3.2) -- -- --
plasma-desktop (5.27.10) -- -- --
postfix (3.8.5) -- -- --
postgresql (16.1) -- 16.1 11.2
Python (3.12.1) -- 3.12.1 3.6.5
qt (6.6.1) -- 5.15.11 5.11.3
samba (4.19.4) -- 4.18.8 4.8.6
systemd (255.3) -- -- --
thunderbird (115.7.0) -- -- 60.6.1
vim (9.1) -- 9.0 8.1
vlc (3.0.20) -- 3.0.20 3.0.6
wayland (1.22.0) -- 1.22.0 --
xfdesktop (4.18.1) -- 4.18.1 4.12.4
xorg-server (21.1.11) -- 21.1.11 1.20.3


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Rating: 8
Date: 2024-02-03
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I figured I'd post something here just because no one else had.

long story short, if you just want to try real gentoo (without the cumbersome installation ) with xfce4 already install (along with a bunch of different hacking tools) then you should try Pentoo. It's super easy to install and everything is still gentoo, great way to quickly test out the portage system.

I had done a bunch of research about gentoo tried to install it on real hardware and it didn't work. Personally I believe that using an OS is much more important than a cumbersome installation which is why I tried Pentoo. Although many descriptions of Pentoo say it's a 'base-distro' it's more like an overlay of gentoo (neofetch will show the gentoo icon and the OS section will read as gentoo). Installation is really easy with Pentoo and you still get that hands on experience with portage. Because everything is still gentoo compiling times are still long and you should STILL READ THE HANDBOOK as there is a bunch of useful information on there.

Again this is still gentoo so you should ! This is NOT Debian, Ubuntu or Mint. If you are a causal linux user who is not ready to invest time into learning gentoo then IT'S NOT FOR YOU.

Pros
easiest way to install gentoo
comes with a bunch of cool hacking tools and xfce4

Cons
hacking tools it comes with could be bloat if you don't need them
might face backlash from the gentoo community for not installing gentoo the traditional way
time consuming maintenance


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