If you want a Linux Toolbox for Windows, start with knoppix for sure. You can get under the hood of a Windows machine quite well with knoppix. You can recover data, remove unwanted files, fix Windows boot issues, etc. It's also very easy to use if your used to a Windows world.
Personally, I use knoppix-std, which is a security distribution [bootable] and I have a diskless PHLAK [bootable]box running that constantly monitors my network traffic. http://www.knoppix.org/ http://www.knoppix-std.org/ http://www.phlak.org/modules/news/ As far as a toolbox FOR linux goes, well, Linux IS the toolbox. Ryan hit the nail on the head in his reply. On 2/22/06, Ryan Leathers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't know if you'll find the same sort of "toolbox" for Linux that > you keep around for Windows - and that's good. With Windows, there are > lots of things that go on "under the hood" which few of us ever get to > really see and understand. I think this is a big reason why people like > to collect the kinds of tools you have collected for Windows. Now > before you discount this as anti-Microsoft rhetoric, let me just assure > you that I've spent my time as an MCSE in MS-centric IT shops. I was > even born and raised in Redmond -- really -- and its a beautiful place, > but none of this changes the fact that you don't get to, and don't > really need to, understand exactly what is happening in the bowels of > Windows, because by and large you can't see or modify its behavior > anyway, short of manipulating the user interface MS has decided to > provide to you. > > With Linux, you have the benefit of being able to see, understand, and > manipulate anything and everything. Best of all, even if you don't want > to change a thing, you get to see what is happening - exactly - when > things go wrong. > > Your Linux toolkit then might consist of these: > > 1. A boot CD - there are lots to choose from with all the things you'd > probably consider "the tools" > > 2. knowledge and comfort with ssh and netcat - these get you where you > need to be > > 3. knowledge and comfort reading man pages and log files - these tell > you what you need to know - really > > > > > > > On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 09:01 -0500, Chad Thomsen wrote: > > I work as a net admin and over the years I have accumulated quite a few > free > > Windows based tools I have burned to a CD and call it my "Windows Tool > > Box". It contains all sorts of utilties for troubleshooting, recovering > and > > fixing windows based issues. > > > > That being said I was wanting to put togather a Linux tool box. Thing > is my > > knowledge and experience is much less then windows so I am not sure what > > cool tools are available for this sort of thing. > > > > Any suggestions much appreciated. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Chad > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > -- Carl Crider -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
