OS reccomendation please

I made it a goal of mine to get atleast 5 useful operating systems onto my jump drive. I have gotten 3 or 4 so far depending on how you count em

1: bt4r2
2: ophcrack gui
3: ophcrack cli (for low ram comps)
4: windows offline reg editor

SO, the question I pose to you is what should the 5th/4th(if you dont count the 2 ophcrack configs as seperate)
and if you dont count 2 and 3 as seperates what should the others be. Im out of ideas xD bt4r2 comprises so much ROFL

Note: these are all guided around working, penetration and recovery. I am not looking for random useless crap xD

BackTrack Linux - Penetration Testing Distribution

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Originally Posted by Warmonger

BackTrack Linux - Penetration Testing Distribution

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Backtrack Linux = bt4r2
He already has it

It wouldn't be a bad idea to have something like a portable Windows XP on there...BUT since that's probably not what you're looking for...

I recommend putting SUPERGRUB on there (for helping when you have boot issues that usually happen when installing multiple OS's) and...

Ultimate Boot CD: Ultimate Boot CD - Overview

Maybe Memtest:

Memtest86+ - Advanced Memory Diagnostic Tool

In retrospect, these are not OS's (whoops!)...But they're useful to have regardless.

Take a look at digiwiz's miniPE, it's really neat.

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Originally Posted by DarkKnightH20

It wouldn't be a bad idea to have something like a portable Windows XP on there...BUT since that's probably not what you're looking for...

I recommend putting SUPERGRUB on there (for helping when you have boot issues that usually happen when installing multiple OS's) and...

Ultimate Boot CD: Ultimate Boot CD - Overview

Maybe Memtest:

Memtest86+ - Advanced Memory Diagnostic Tool

In retrospect, these are not OS's (whoops!)...But they're useful to have regardless.

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I considered ubcd but its quite hard to multi boot it. Configuring the syslinux to work with it would require me to make it my primary boot which i have no intentions of doing >_<

Ill look at mem test now :D

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Originally Posted by Alfons

Take a look at digiwiz's miniPE, it's really neat.

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Ill check it out, thanks :)

Why not try a BSD? FreeBSD perhaps?

Or Mint, it's decent as far as a *nix distro goes.

Main Page - Linux Mint

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Originally Posted by DawsonByrd

Why not try a BSD? FreeBSD perhaps?

Or Mint, it's decent as far as a *nix distro goes.

Main Page - Linux Mint

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Im not looking for any basic linux distros. Im looking for an os with a purpose. Like bt4 is focused around hacks. Ophcrack is windows pass cracking so on so forth.

Maybe give INSERT a look throught?

http://www.inside-security.de/insert_en.html

Well, you could have a look at DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD. to see different Linux/BSD distros..

I can recommend Damn Small Linux, although theres no real purpose for the distro, other than being ultra lightweight. Myself, I use Linux Mint 10 (With GNOME) for everyday use.