Kali Linux 2020.1 (Live)

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Kali Linux 2020.1 (Live)

The Kali Linux open source project delivers "more than 300 penetration testing and security auditing programs … that enables IT administrators and security professionals to test the effectiveness of risk mitigation strategies" [1]. The newest Kali Linux [2] is:

  • Non-root: The default user account is now the standard, unprivileged user kali , not the superuser account, root , as delivered in earlier versions.
  • Live network install image.
  • Default Xfce desktop.
  • Rolling distribution, so you get updates as soon as they are available.
  • Python 2 tools removed because Python 2 reached end of life January 2020.

Although possible, the developers do not recommend you use Kali Linux as your primary OS, because they do not test that use case.

 

 

Infos

  1. Kali Linux: https://www.kali.org/offensive-security-introduces-kali-linux/
  2. Kali docs: https://www.kali.org/docs/

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