Upgrading to BackTrack 5 R2 | Linux Today

Upgrading to BackTrack 5 R2

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 27, 2012

“The long awaited release of the BackTrack 5 R2 kernel has
arrived, and it?s now available in our repositories. With a
spanking brand new 3.2.6 kernel, a huge array of new and updated
tools and security fixes, BT5 R2 will provide a more stable and
complete penetration testing environment than ever before. We will
start a series of blog posts on how to upgrade, deal with VMWare,
and even build your own updated BT5 R2 by yourself. For now though,
here?s how to get the new kernel and all of the updated
goodness:


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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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