Taken from the developer blog.

Don

Well after a bumpy start I must say I'm impressed. I've only been playing with it for a few hours, but I feel a write up is in order.

The mirror I used to download it wouldn't download at flat rate. (I used Mirror 2 - Sponsored by SWITCHmirror - FTP). What should have taken less than 50 minutes to download took just about an hour. After checking the MD5 sum, I burned the disk with k3b, which finished succesfuly, but the CD wouldn't boot. I then burned the same image in Windows using Nero 6 and it works just fine. Go figure. 

The final release is a great improvement over the beta version I downloaded a few months ago. The beta version didn't want to grant me internet access even after configuring my eth0 interface, and sometimes I had to reboot several times before I could surf. This seems to be fixed with the final version.

The software versions seem all very up to date i.e. Linux Kernel 2.6.15.6, Nmap 4.03, Firefox 1.5.0.3, etc. the Firefox browser comes with a wealth of links stored in the Bookmarks (strange that they didn't add them to Konqueror though). The list isn't half as comprehensive as that of Knoppix STD Firebird list, but it's still impresive anyway. It also has a huge list of detailed exploits int the /pentest menu. Most importantly, it seems as though they've added many more tools to the final version that weren't there before.

It defaults to KDE but I tried Fluxbox too which is really cool and super fast on my box.

I might try a HDD install to see how that goes. If I do, I'll report back. 

Downloading this now...do you need to know Linux commands?

Dengar13, after login, type "startx" for KDE or "flux" for fluxbox.

The dhcp function never works for me so I have to configure the NIC manually.

Well I've decided against a HDD install, mainly because Knoppix 5.0.1 is now available on mirrors and I'd rather install that. Besides using the BackTrack live CD, I'm also using it as a VMware virtual appliance. For those of you that don't know how to do this, download VMware Player and then download the LiveCD Player. Place the iso image in the Virtual machine directory and rename it to "livecd.iso". You can then use it just like any other Virtual Appliance.

I can log in, now I am trying to get network access.  DHCPD nor setting my IP address works.

VMWarez.com?   LOL!

I am all set, I just need to get network connectivity and start testing.  I tried DHCPCD but to no avail.  I also need my wireless network adapter for my laptop to be detected.  This is tough to get used to but I will learn 'Nix eventually.

Wow this is very, very cool!  I am trying these on approved sites at work for testing purposes and really give this a thumbs up!