Arch Linux-Based BlackArch Penetration Testing Distro Now Using Linux Kernel 4.1 LTS | Linux Today

Arch Linux-Based BlackArch Penetration Testing Distro Now Using Linux Kernel 4.1 LTS

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Marius Nestor
Aug 2, 2015

Being powered by Linux kernel 4.1.3 LTS, the new ISO images of BlackArch Linux include 30 new tools, numerous updated core components, new color config for the Vim advanced text editor, as well as an updated README file, located on /root/. Additionally, the splash.png image has been replaced, the blackarch-install.txt file was deleted, some typos were fixed in the config files of the ISO images, and all the included tools were updated to their latest versions available as of July 31, 2015.

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Marius Nestor

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