Phlack OS?

First off let me say that I am not hq16. I had the same question he but it didnt get answered but I also plan not to ask it the way he did.

Is Phlack a distribution or is it a set of hacker tools kinda like SATAN? Judging by its 500MB size it does not look like a distro but I have heard that you can sometimes fit Linux into 100MB or less.

I think you fail to realize what a distro *is*. Any pre-packaged set of tools based on the Linux kernel is a Linux distro. Phlack is no different.

I don't see any benefit of using Phlack over other security-driven distros such as Trinux. Actually, to me Phlack looks very much like a poor attempt at a "1337" distro.

ah so that means that it does not have to be an operating system then.

No no no. If you run the Linux kernel, you're running a type of OS. All an OS really does is provide an interface mecahnism between high-level programs to low level hardware. Well, more than that, but basicly yeah.

What makes a distro is the tools and scripts that are packaged with it.

oh ok thanks for clearing that up. Also are you the only person that post here? Why does no one else reply? Do I smell funny or something?