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Originally Posted by rahul2772
yes i am a begginer and i think without using i cant learn anything isnt it ?
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Yes, that is right. But Backtrack is a niche distro for one single purpose, not a desktop system. That makes learning on it more difficult, it would be better to use a distro that is meant to be used as a desktop system. Backtrack is for experts in network and security tasks, not for Linux beginners. It is like trying to learn driving with something like
this.
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anyways i have one more question thats as u said BT4 is out of update and it doesn't support any more... it means everytime when new version will come out we need to update or download a fresh new version BT so we can work properly ?
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Backtrack is one of the distros that don't maintain older releases. That means that older versions don't get bugfixes, security updates or new features. That is one of the reasons why it is not a good idea to run it as normal desktop system.
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as i said i am new so can you please clear my one doubt about "repositories". it is means by this "apt-get install miro" by typing on terminal ?
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Unlike in Windows, software in Linux is normally installed through repositories that are maintained by the distribution developers. This way is more secure, easier and you will get updates automatically. Since Backtrack is based on Ubuntu they mostly rely on the Ubuntu repositories. To install software from the repositories you use one of the many package managers, on the command line the preferred tool for Ubuntu is apt-get, so yes, you use that tool on the command line.
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one more question there is any way to install software after downloading on BT just like windows xp or 7 ?
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There are ways, but they are not the recommended way. Files with the .tar.gz (or .tgz, tar.bz2, ...) ending mostly contain source code, not compiled binaries, like you are used to from Windows. You can install those software, but doing that improperly (means without building a proper software package) can break your dependency chain, so it is not recommended for newbies.
I would recommend that you go for a more beginner-friendly distribution, like Mint, Mepis, PCLinuxOS or ZorinOS. I also recommend to forget about trying to do things the Windows way and to read
Linux is NOT Windows.