Ubuntu-Based BackBox Linux 4.6 Launches with Updated Hacking Tools, Kernel 4.2 | Linux Today

Ubuntu-Based BackBox Linux 4.6 Launches with Updated Hacking Tools, Kernel 4.2

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Marius Nestor
May 27, 2016

Powered by a kernel from the Linux 4.2 series, which is currently being used in Ubuntu 15.10 (Wily Werewolf) operating system and maintained by Canonical for a few more months, BackBox Linux 4.6 arrives today after four months since the release of BackBox Linux 4.5, bringing many updated hacking tools.

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Marius Nestor

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