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List of bootable USB isos
This is a list of ISOs which can be installed simply using tools like:
- MultiBootISOs
- MultiBootUSB
- SARDU
- Ventoy
- WinSetupFromUSB
- Yumi
Or installed with slightly more effort using Easy2Boot.
Live/Persistant Installations:
All-in-One System Rescue Toolkit https://paul.is-a-geek.org/aio-srt/ (get the cd picture too) (The guy who makes it says it's better than SystemRescueCD and others)
Network Security Toolkit 64-bit
Overclockix
SystemRescueCD-x86
Tails (Private, no local storage OS w/ pre-configured Tor browser) or Discreete
TinyCore-CorePlus-x86 (Just to have a bootable distro? There might be a different one more suited to installing OS's, what's ArchBang like?)
Linux Desktop:
Arch Linux 64-bit
BlackArch (Pen testing based on Arch, the tools collection can be installed over Arch instead)
Kali Linux 64-bit (Maybe live or persistant instead? Pen testing USB)
Linux Mint 64-bit
Lubuntu (Small Ubuntu)
Manjaro (Easier Arch-like OS. Can access the AUR so might be easier to start with before trying Arch)
NixOS 20.03 64-bit
Puppy Linux (Lightweight)
Raspberry Pi OS (32-bit) Lite (Minimal image based on Debian Buster)
Raspberry Pi OS (32-bit) w/ desktop (Image with desktop based on Debian Buster)
Raspberry Pi OS (32-bit) w/ desktop and recommended software
TinyCore-Core-x86 (very very samll installation)
TinyCore-TinyCore-x86 (very small installation w/ ethernet)
TinyCore-CorePlus-x86 (small installation w/ wifi)
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 64-bit
Windows Desktop:
Windows XP SP3 32-bit
Windows XP SP3 64-bit
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
Windows 10 Home 64-bit
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE)
Servers:
CentOS Server (Long support cycle, good for learning customer-facing server stuff)
Debian Server
TheSSS 64-bit (The Smallest Server Suite)
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Server 64-bit
Windows Server 2019 64-bit
Linux VMs:
ods3 VM alongside NST (for practicing)
OpenVAS VM alongside NST
Whonix (Tor-based VM, very encrypted and private)
Applications:
DiskWipe
hdparm on linux
SecureErase https://cmrr.ucsd.edu/resources/secure-erase.html
Sysinternals SDelete on Windows
TMux
Other Potential Additions:
Alpine Linux (Quite small, can probably do something with it)
Elementary OS (Windows/MacOS replacement much like Zorin OS. Introductory Linux OS.)
Grub2 (Live install or is there an iso to use as an installer instead?)
PostmarketOS (Smartphone OS based on Alpine Linux becuase it's so small at ~6 MB, designed for older devices)
SteamOS when they eventually focus on it again
Ubuntu Touch (Smartphone OS, might be pretty good)
Zorin OS 64-bit (Windows/MacOS replacement much like Elementary OS. Introductory Linux OS.)
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