Backtrack Linux 5 Released | Linux Today

Backtrack Linux 5 Released

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 11, 2011

“The BackTrack Dev team has worked furiously in the past months
on BackTrack 5, code name “revolution”. Today, we are proud to
release our work to the public, and then rest for a couple of
weeks.

This new revision has been built from scratch, and boasts
several major improvements over all our previous releases.

“Based on Ubuntu Lucid LTS. Kernel 2.6.38, patched with all
relevant wireless injection patches. Fully open source and GPL
compliant. Head down to our downloads page to get your copy
now!”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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