I agree w/Robert, my BT5r3 box is an Acer Aspire One. On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 8:19 AM, Arch Angel <[email protected]> wrote:
> I would try and find an older Aspire One on eBay or Craigslist, WalMart > may even still sell some. That's if it must be a netbook. Have you > considered older IBM Thinkpads, not much bigger and work nicely. Any of > those directions though are not going to have tons of computing power so > any password cracking or other intensive tasks may not do well. > > I have three different netbooks, HP MiniNote 2133, Dell, and Aspire One. > The HP MiniNote didn't do very well without changing the internal wireless > card and tweaking things a good bit and tend to cost more because of the > aluminum case. The dell did well but an external wireless card (USB) is a > must and they can be found fairly well at a reasonable price. The Aspire > one had an Atheros wireless card in them from the factory so if thats the > gig then perfect. I have seen people tweak the system to accept an > external antenna but not sure how much work it really took, I just seen it > completed. The system itself is like all the netbooks, not a ton of > computing power but gets the job done and can be found easy enough. > > Once you have the net book I would run BackTrack or Pentoo on a hard disk > install. To get the custom work you can knock out a shell script or Python > script to execute on boot changing all those things. Just give yourself a > couple minutes before connecting it to a network after boot to make sure > every change was completed, or script in a message box saying "Bob Is Ready" > > Hope this helps, > > Robert > (arch3angel) > > > On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 11:45 PM, xgermx <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Good luck finding a netbook these days. I'd opt for a cheap laptop >> instead, but that wasn't your question. As far as the OS goes, I recommend >> BackTrack 5 R3 in stealth mode. >> >> Best, >> >> germ. >> >> On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 9:19 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> My friend Bob is looking for a reasonably priced netbook with the >>> following qualities: >>> >>> -Wireless (with expansion capabilities in case Bob wants to do wireless >>> bridging, etc.) >>> -Hardware that plays well with Linux >>> -Decent battery life >>> -Durable (will spend most of its life bouncing around in a backpack with >>> other electronics) >>> >>> Bob was also wondering if there are any live distros out there that are >>> privacy-centric. He was hoping the OS he boots to would be anonymized >>> every time (randomized MACs, hostname, etc. and any other privacy >>> countermeasures). Sorry, I know Bob is pretty paranoid, I tell him so all >>> the time... >>> >>> Bob would appreciate any advice or recommendations. Thanks! >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Pauldotcom mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >>> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pauldotcom mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >
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