General Hacking What is Debian?

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Hey Evil Souls!
In this post, I want to share what exactly Debian GNU/Linux is . Why? Because most people in this forum use Debian-based Linux distros , especially Kali Linux (or Parrot OS). It's really hard to find people who mention distros other than these two. Haih... Distro

Concept in a Nutshell

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Linux is not limited to Kali Linux only. In fact, there are many other Linux variants due to the open nature of Linux. The term that variants are used for this is distributions or usually shortened to distros . If translated according to the language, the meaning of distribution is "circulation". Up to this point, you must not understand yet, right? @I take Mr. @SysGod


words to make it easier for us to understand the concept of distro

It's easy to understand, imagine a car. There are many types of car models, but people don't say they want to learn to drive a Myvi, Persona, Civic, Evo and so on, but people learn to drive a car. When you are good at driving a car, just learn the functions that are available in car models.

That's all about the distro . If you want to see what distros are available, you can go to:

DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.​

News and feature lists of Linux and BSD distributions.

distrowatch.com

Debian GNU/Linux

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It looks the same as the Kali Linux netinstaller, right ?

Debian -- The Universal Operating System​

debian.org

OK, have you seen it many times apt install blablablain this forum? Distros that use this utility are classified in the Debian-based distributions category . What is Debian anyway? Let's read below.

Debian (/ˈdɛbiən/), also known as Debian GNU/Linux, is a Linux distribution composed of free and open-source software, developed by the community-supported Debian Project, which was established by Ian Murdock on August 16, 1993. The first version of Debian (0.01) was released on September 15, 1993, and its first stable version (1.1) was released on June 17, 1996. The Debian Stable branch is the most popular edition for personal computers and servers. Debian is also the basis for many other distributions, most notably Ubuntu.

Glad to say, Debian is the distro on which many other distros are based (again, this is due to the open nature of Linux). For ease of understanding, Debian can be said to be the ancestor of distros from its descendants. There are a lot of them, that's why Debian is popular. How to identify a Debian-based distro ? Easy:

• Using APT and DPKG does not mean that Termux and Cydia are Debian-based because these utilities can be used standalone
• Static release (kecuali unstable branch)
• Can install application packages in file form.deb

I also include some of the most popular Debian-based distros :

• Debian GNU/Linux
• Ubuntu
• Linux Mint
• Kali Linux
• Parrot OS
• Devuan GNU/Linux
• BunsenLabs Linux
• Raspberry Pi OS (formerly known as Raspbian)
• SteamOS pre-3.0

Among the main reasons why Debian (and its descendants) are so popular, this distro is known for its stability, making it widely used in servers and personal computers. In addition, Debian is also a static release , which means it will not be able to update regularly like Arch Linux which is a rolling release . This is also important for servers that must always work and only stop for a moment when an update is needed .

Penetration testing must require a stable OS, which is one of the reasons why Kali Linux and Parrot OS use Debian as a base.

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This is all from me. Maybe next time I will write how to use APT and DPKG. Hope this writing can be useful.