What is Desklayer?
Desklayer is a Linux distribution designed to run as a lightweight, portable suite of security and administration tools. It is based on Debian and optimized specifically for installation on USB drives, allowing the entire OS and suite of apps to be carried anywhere on a keychain drive.
Some key features of Desklayer include:
- Small ISO image size (under 150MB) for easy transfer onto USB flash drives or other portable media
- Persistence support to save settings and data between uses
- Preconfigured collection of popular open source security and admin apps like Wireshark, nmap, GParted, etc.
- Automatic hardware detection for ease-of-use on multiple systems
- Custom browser tailored for pen testing and secure online access
- Secure Linux platform with frequent software updates provided by Debian upstream
Desklayer is designed to be a handy portable toolkit for security professionals, IT/network admins, technicians, and tinkerers. Its lightweight design makes Desklayer easy to carry anywhere and boot onto any x86 computer to provide access to administration utilities for diagnostics, forensics, penetration testing, and more.
Dexpot, DM2, Chameleon Window Manager, KDE Mover-Sizer, Nimi Visuals, GridMove, MoveInactiveWin, RegToy, MinimOther, winlayout, QuickTile are some alternatives to Desklayer.