Iuri Stanchev announced last night a new version of his Slackware-based Linux distribution, with advanced security enhancements. The new version comes with a smaller ISO image, a portage system, enhanced kernel configuration and updated X.Org, improved installer and much more. "As the NetSecL Project developer - I am proud to announce the release of NetSecL 2.3. And now to the main highlights: More improved full setup using rsync; We were able to get a full install in 5 minutes. This is the fastest result for now. The results may vary depending on the RAM you have. As for the 2 tests we conducted we got 7 min for a full setup with 1 GB of RAM and 5 min with 8 GB. However, we believe that 5 min installation can be achieved on 2 GB of RAM." - said Iuri Stanchev in the official release announcement.

Highlights of NetSecL 2.3:

· The ISO image was reduced from 700 MB to 600 MB;
· X.Org was updated to version 7.3, based on Zenwalk packages;
· ATI 4850/4870 graphic cards support;
· A much better configured kernel, with new modules;
· dazuko and ndiswrapper were fixed;
· CruxPorts4Slack, a source-based portage system (useful if you want to upgrade command-line tools from source);
· Around 150 packages were updated. Among them, we can notice applications such as The GIMP 2.4.7, Xfce 4.4.2, Mesa 7.0.2, X.Org 7.3, ntfs-3g 1.2310, OpenSSL 0.9.8h, OpenSSH 5.0p1.

For a complete list of the updated packages, check out the official changelog here.

About NetSecL

Formally know as ISlack, NetSecL is a security-focused Linux distribution based on the old, popular and stable Slackware Linux. NetSecL includes a set of penetration programs, and has all the incoming ports closed and services turned off. It also doesn't include any servers (HTTP, FTP, etc).

Download NetSecL 2.3 right now from Softpedia.