jarandhel

Playing around a bit with linux livecds on shub-niggurath to get a feel for different distros and increase my familiarity with Linux. (We're actually starting to hit areas in class where knowledge of non-windows/dos operating systems is coming in handy, since we're covering forensics at the moment.) Kinda having fun with it, but also causing me some confusion. For starters, one of the livecds said it detected firewire on my system. My system has no firewire. I'm not sure what to make of that... could it be my motherboard has built-in firewire support but no ports for it? I've heard of certain devices, such as the cvs disposable digital video camera, like that. The main board in them has support for usb built in, but not wired to a port. You just need to solder one on. But an actual computer motherboard like that? I dunno. Any ideas?

So far, I'm a really big fan of ubuntu. Not so much a fan of kubuntu, but I haven't given the latest update a try yet. Somehow it just felt clunkier than ubuntu the last time I used it. I will be giving it another chance, though, along with many many others. I just tried INSERT, which I understand is based off of Knoppix if memory serves. That's the one that's telling me I've got firewire. Tried Arudius a moment ago as well, but my monitor may not be compatible with it, or perhaps my video card. I'm tabling it for now until I can try it out with different hardware. mPentoo was next, but it seems to be freezing on coldplugging pnp devices. Going to try removing the usb wifi adapter from shub-niggurath and see if that makes any difference. Failing that, I will move onto the NEWBIE cd. And we'll see where things go after that. Yes, those familiar with these products will note a bit of an emphasis on cds with forensic and/or pen testing capabilities; as I said, I'm reaching a point in my cns class where such knowledge is coming in handy. I understand it won't be long before we move to redhat there. I'm looking forward to it.