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Affordable laptop for Linux based Pen Testing,

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Hi,

 

I'm in the market for a lightweight laptop that will use Linux as its OS for Penetration Testing, I want a laptop that I can use for this sole purpose not as a gaming rig or anything such as that. With this in mind I would be preferable to a decent processor and RAM but the GFX card is effectively irrelevant.

 

Any advice or tips would be great, I'm currently in the UK.

 

Cheers.

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umm pretty much anything, lol in my advice i would say make sure it has a Gb ethernet port, maybe decent wifi adapater. but I have ran linux on a vary wide array of machines, its not a demanding OS, go to the thrift store and buy a laptop, install your favorite Linux Distro.  

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Lenovo Thinkpad T450s. I'm currently using one as my daily driver running Arch Linux. 14-15 hours of active work time, 12 GB RAM, decent processor, full HD screen, best damn keyboard on the market. Love it. Bit pricey, though

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Find an old Laptop with a Core 2 Duo and use that.

I have a few barebones T400s, I could send one to you if you're interested. Those'll run Linux, no problem.

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What kind of penetration testing? Does it include any kind of brute forcing or password cracking? If so you probably need a beefy CPU. Otherwise pretty much anything will do. Hell even an android phone can do pen testing these days :P

 
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Thanks for all of the responses guys. Lots of useful tips, and it would likely involve hash crackng etc @SaladFingers so that would have to be taken into account, can you suggest anything?

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