BackBox Linux 5 is still under heavy development

Dec 7, 2016 00:30 GMT  ·  By

On December 6, 2016, the developers behind the Ubuntu-based, hacking-oriented BlackBox Linux operating system proudly announced the release of BackBox Linux 4.7.

BackBox Linux 4.7 is here a little over six months since the end-of-May release of BackBox Linux 4.6, and it upgrades the kernel packages to the long-term supported Linux 4.4 series, as well as various of the pre-installed hacking tools, including but not limited to Metasploit, OpenVAS, BeEF, sqlmap, Social-Engineer Toolkit, and WPScan.

"We thought to release a new minor version to give our users the opportunity to have a stable and up-to-date system until the next official major release, i.e. BackBox 5, still under development," read the announcement page. "In this release, we have fixed some minor bugs, updated the kernel stack, base system and tools."

Recommended system requirements and update instructions

As you can see, BlackBox Linux 4.7 is a minor maintenance update to keep the operating system stable and reliable until the next major release, BlackBox Linux 5, hits the streets. If you're new to BlackBox Linux, you can download the latest ISO images for 32- and 64-bit computers right now from our website.

The developers recommend a PC with a 32-bit or 64-bit processor, at least 1GB RAM, 10 GB free disk space for the installation, a graphics card capable of 800x600 resolution, and a USB port or DVD-ROM drive. However, existing users don't need to download anything to keep their BlackBox Linux installations up to date.

To upgrade from a previous BackBox Linux 4.x version, please run the following commands in a terminal emulator. BlackBox Linux 4.7 is currently based on the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) operating system, but it doesn't look like it will receive long-term support for five years.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get install -f