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Kali Linux
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Reader supplied reviews for Kali Linux
Average rating
9.1 from 15 review(s)
Version: 2023.4
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-05-19
Votes: 2
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Even though it is not designed as a daily driver, it just works. I have had no issues with this distro that a quick search of their fourms, or docs could not fix. I have used them since backtrack. Though if you want to add garbage to your system with excessive applications like spotify (I am not saying their service is garbage just adding unneeded apps), and others instead of using their web apps that work just fine you will have to add the repos or do some work. Though if you need a secure way to brows the web you cant go wrong as it supports most hardware even 32 bit.
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Version: 2024.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-04-26
Votes: 4
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Kali Linux is THE distro for penetration testing, plain and simple. While many reviews rightly relate to that important aspect, I like to focus on the installation - which I found an absolute breeze.
This considering the hardware is a custom-built configuration (Ryzen 8-core, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Radeon video with 24" monitor) dedicated to running virtual machines using VBox (in this case 7.0.x). Kali got assigned 2 GB RAM, 50 GB disk, and 2 cores. While various Ubuntu LTS on VM's caused trouble, installing the current Kali is as easy as Linux Mint, which says a lot.
Kali is definitely not a distro for beginners, contrary to Mint, but one must consider its highly specific mission.
Previous experience with Linux and in particular the command line (terminal, Bash) is recommended, as is reading literature specific to its use for pentesting, but if you are serious about that, you likely won't get around Kali.
So far, I have not encountered any bugs.
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Version: 2024.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-03-15
Votes: 17
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Best and most complete, feature rich pentesting distro.
Kali Linux provides a robust pentesting experience, standing out even when compared to BlackArch.
Its visually appealing default desktop environment comes packed with an extensive array of tools—exceeding penetration testing necessities. The convenient inclusion of the Metasploit framework from the get-go is noteworthy. Personally, I find joy in leveraging it for exploits, but it is also great from daily use.
I do not recommend Kali to beginners, but for somewhat experienced users who appreciate Debian and like or want to get started with penetration testing, it is one of the best options out there.
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Version: 2023.4
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-02-25
Votes: 11
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This distro was very helpful.
I had an Asus laptop with an onboard NVMe hard drive and Debian installed. But it developed an ACPI error message which kept scrolling continually.
I reformatted the drive and installed other distros but the error returned.
When I tried installing Kali it offered to perform a low level format of the drive so I opted for that.
It may have been a corruption of the drive causing the error and the low level format was the solution.
Kali is working well and doing all I require. Plus I learned something from the exercise.
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Version: 2023.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-08-12
Votes: 6
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Best and most complete, feature rich pentesting distro.
Kali Linux provides a robust pentesting experience, standing out even when compared to BlackArch.
Its visually appealing default desktop environment comes packed with an extensive array of tools—exceeding penetration testing necessities. The convenient inclusion of the Metasploit framework from the get-go is noteworthy. Personally, I find joy in leveraging it for exploits, but it is also great from daily use.
I do not recommend Kali to beginners, but for somewhat experienced users who appreciate Debian and like or want to get started with penetration testing, it is one of the best options out there.
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Version: 2023.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-04-05
Votes: 6
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Kali Linux is the best pentesting Linux distribution I have ever tried.(Even better than BlackArch)
The default desktop environment is really nice-looking and it has so many tools included out of the box, more than you will ever need for penetration testing. I also greatly appreciate the fact that the Metasploit framework is included out of the box, as I love using it to exploit EternalBlue(MS17-010) to hack Windows 7 and earlier versions of Windows. It is also great from daily use. I do not recommend Kali to beginners, but for somewhat experienced users who appreciate Debian and like or want to get started with penetration testing, it is one of the best options out there.
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Version: 2023.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-03-16
Votes: 0
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I love kali machine Because of following reasons.
- cool name used for this distro
- I love the count of tools
- Kali wallpapers always motivate me to try harder
- It's command suggestion on terminal is really cool
- I love customizations of interface with kali
- Startup and shut down speed are so good
- I feel like achieved something on every attack
- I like timely updates and upgrades
- No excessive internet data usage.
- No issues with virtual machines. works fantastic.
- All things perfect
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Version: 2022.4
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-01-16
Votes: 2
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Kali is great for USB persistent in offering great network and security features. It boots up fast and benefits all the software/libraries as an Ubuntu based.
USB persistent allows to run Linux on your existing hardware without touching any existing partitions/boot loaders of your default system operating system. No worry of installation process and overwritten UEFI partition or so whatever.
You can easily create your USB persistent from the downloaded ISO using rufus under windows or mkusb under Linux or similar.
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Version: 2022.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-07-01
Votes: 1
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no problem using kali linux on my toshiba satellite with 4gb of ram, but, i dont know why the cpu its so bad, but dont care, the OS run perfect, i recommend use minimun 4gb of ram for use this, the cpu i recommend minimun 2ghz processor, its decent, but its a nice OS to make security and more :) like it :)
bueno, no hay problema usando el sistema operativo KALI LINUX en mi toshiba sattellite de 4gb de memoria ram, no se si mi cpu es malisimo pero no importa, me corre decente, recomendaria usar el sistema operativo con minimo 4gb de memoria ram y con un cpu decente de minimo dos nucleos, pero es buen sistema operativo para crear seguridad :) me gusta :)
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Version: 2022.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-02-21
Votes: 1
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This is perfect for its use case, nothing else even comes close.
Great UI. Fast. Stable. Has useful tools. Customizable without much effort. Well documented. Perfect for when you just want to get work done and don't want to have to mess around with setting things up. It really is the first of its kind, and head and shoulders beyond anything else out there.
One thing I like in particular is the documentation is very well structured. Whenever I need to look up how to do something, I can find it. Plus the multiple device support is really strong, I am hard pressed to name another Linux that has as strong of ARM support. That's not to mention the docker, WSL, cloud images, and so on. It's pretty nice to just have Kali out there and accessible to me no matter where I am.
Its nor for general purpose use, and that's fine. This is a specialized tool for a specialized job role and it's great for that. At its core it is Debian however and so can still be used for anything Debian can be used for, which is pretty cool.
I tend to start with a new install each time I go to use it, so I am always setting it up from scratch. Install goes nice and quick, and I don't have issues with that at all. I have had issues in the past with mirrors not being in sync, but really I get that with anything I use.
I have tried other security focused distros before and they were so/so really. Did not really see anything I liked more in them, and they just did not seem very stable compared to Kali. Some seemed to just take Kali packages and change the UI (for the worse). Not really useful, so I just stick with the main thing.
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Version: 2021.3
Rating: 5
Date: 2021-12-07
Votes: 0
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Bloated with software...overkill. Unless you're into administration and security testing this would not make a good daily driver. Both appearance and aesthetics leave much to be desired. Plus excessive RAM at idle which seems to be one of the downfalls of distros of the past 5 years. The download section of their website is VERY confusing to say the least! For a distro which has been in development for the past 17+ years Kali Linux really needs to go back to the drawing board and do a complete overhaul of their OS. Need I say more?
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Version: 2021.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-08-14
Votes: 3
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I have numerous computers and two of them are Raspberry Pi's. One runs Kali as I am slowly learning System Admin on Linux and Pen-testing. I have tried Ubuntu in a Virtual Box on my PC, The other Pi is running Raspian, or RaspberryPiOS or whatever they call it now. I installed ProxMox on a micro PC I was gifted with. So I've a little experience with Linux. I also installed Parrot OS in a VM that I am using to work on hacking vulnerable machines from Vulnhub. I used the Kali machine as my main machine when my Windows PC crashed with a corrupted C drive earlier this year.
My opinion? I like it, It is my go to machine when I'm working on Linux. I've only toyed with all the hacking toys it comes with but as far as the desktop and terminal, once I got a few extras installed it is nice. Honestly can't list any Cons. It's never pissed me off so nothing comes to mind.
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Version: 2020.4
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-07-02
Votes: 0
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Perfect for pentesting and ethical hacking. Comes with pretty much everything you will ever need pre-installed for both beginners and experts alike. Kali CAN be used as a daily driver, for example if you only have a single laptop to tote around from home and work, but it shouldn't be your daily if you can help it. If you're interested in getting into the world of cybersec there really isn't a better starting point than installing Kali.
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Version: 2021.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-02-27
Votes: 2
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First of all let me state that this is a bit of a PSA as well as a review. Kali is meant to be run as a live system for those who engage in ethical hacking/pentesting. KALI LINUX IS NOT MEANT TO BE USED AS A DAILY DRIVER. Certain features enabled for various programs actuallyake Kali more vulnerable. If you're thinking about installing Kali as a daily driver or you're just new to Linux, this distro is not for you. Kali serves its purpose well hence the 10/10. Please if you're thinking about installing Kali just go for Ubuntu, Mageia, or even Arch.
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Version: 2020.4
Rating: 1
Date: 2021-01-31
Votes: 8
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If you like to fix things then you're going to love this distro -- it's broken!!!
Where do I begin? Well, maybe you should know that the developers do offer a version aimed towards ARM based systems. For the layman, that means it's supposed to work out of the box on something as "basic" as a Raspberry Pi 4 with 8GB of memory and a good boot device like a Samsung 32 EVO plus SD card -- like mine! So you can't say my "hardware" is the problem (or else it probably wouldn't even boot). I can report that other OS's for the Raspberry Pi (& it's ARM processor) work just fine. But when I tried Kali (2020.4) it was so buggy that even the kernel support for sound and wired Ethernet only worked about half the time -- and that's after I spent over 3 hours updating! I mean, WTF?! Either I have a built in virus (in a Linux distro - ya, I know) or it's just plain crap. So I'll go out on a limb and say it's just plain crap given that I've had similar experiences on the x86 side too (obviously, with other hardware).
Don't waste your time with Kali Linux. If you want to learn about networking there are far better distros (sources) out there to do that with. Just about every pre-packaged program on Kali can be obtained through other standard repositories on almost any other mainstream distro -- so you will have to learn a little more Linux to get them installed. Quite frankly, that's Kali's selling point - to learn something and yet, they've pre packaged all those "tools" for you where a novice might not need to learn so much. Talk about a dilemma! So if you don't quite understand networking or don't know about a backbone piece of software called Wireshark then don't make it worse for yourself with this distro. But like I said, if you're the kind of person who likes to fix things then by all means, go ahead and waste your time with Kali. (I doubt very many Linux Guru's will).
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Latest Reviews
Project: Kali Linux
Version: 2023.4
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-05-19
Votes: 2
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Even though it is not designed as a daily driver, it just works. I have had no issues with this distro that a quick search of their fourms, or docs could not fix. I have used them since backtrack. Though if you want to add garbage to your system with excessive applications like spotify (I am not saying their service is garbage just adding unneeded apps), and others instead of using their web apps that work just fine you will have to add the repos or do some work. Though if you need a secure way to brows the web you cant go wrong as it supports most hardware even 32 bit.
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Project: Kali Linux
Version: 2024.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-04-26
Votes: 4
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Kali Linux is THE distro for penetration testing, plain and simple. While many reviews rightly relate to that important aspect, I like to focus on the installation - which I found an absolute breeze.
This considering the hardware is a custom-built configuration (Ryzen 8-core, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Radeon video with 24" monitor) dedicated to running virtual machines using VBox (in this case 7.0.x). Kali got assigned 2 GB RAM, 50 GB disk, and 2 cores. While various Ubuntu LTS on VM's caused trouble, installing the current Kali is as easy as Linux Mint, which says a lot.
Kali is definitely not a distro for beginners, contrary to Mint, but one must consider its highly specific mission.
Previous experience with Linux and in particular the command line (terminal, Bash) is recommended, as is reading literature specific to its use for pentesting, but if you are serious about that, you likely won't get around Kali.
So far, I have not encountered any bugs.
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Project: Kali Linux
Version: 2024.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-03-15
Votes: 17
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Best and most complete, feature rich pentesting distro.
Kali Linux provides a robust pentesting experience, standing out even when compared to BlackArch.
Its visually appealing default desktop environment comes packed with an extensive array of tools—exceeding penetration testing necessities. The convenient inclusion of the Metasploit framework from the get-go is noteworthy. Personally, I find joy in leveraging it for exploits, but it is also great from daily use.
I do not recommend Kali to beginners, but for somewhat experienced users who appreciate Debian and like or want to get started with penetration testing, it is one of the best options out there.
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Project: Kali Linux
Version: 2023.4
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-02-25
Votes: 11
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This distro was very helpful.
I had an Asus laptop with an onboard NVMe hard drive and Debian installed. But it developed an ACPI error message which kept scrolling continually.
I reformatted the drive and installed other distros but the error returned.
When I tried installing Kali it offered to perform a low level format of the drive so I opted for that.
It may have been a corruption of the drive causing the error and the low level format was the solution.
Kali is working well and doing all I require. Plus I learned something from the exercise.
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Project: Kali Linux
Version: 2023.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-08-12
Votes: 6
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Best and most complete, feature rich pentesting distro.
Kali Linux provides a robust pentesting experience, standing out even when compared to BlackArch.
Its visually appealing default desktop environment comes packed with an extensive array of tools—exceeding penetration testing necessities. The convenient inclusion of the Metasploit framework from the get-go is noteworthy. Personally, I find joy in leveraging it for exploits, but it is also great from daily use.
I do not recommend Kali to beginners, but for somewhat experienced users who appreciate Debian and like or want to get started with penetration testing, it is one of the best options out there.
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Project: Kali Linux
Version: 2023.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-04-05
Votes: 6
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Kali Linux is the best pentesting Linux distribution I have ever tried.(Even better than BlackArch)
The default desktop environment is really nice-looking and it has so many tools included out of the box, more than you will ever need for penetration testing. I also greatly appreciate the fact that the Metasploit framework is included out of the box, as I love using it to exploit EternalBlue(MS17-010) to hack Windows 7 and earlier versions of Windows. It is also great from daily use. I do not recommend Kali to beginners, but for somewhat experienced users who appreciate Debian and like or want to get started with penetration testing, it is one of the best options out there.
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Project: Kali Linux
Version: 2023.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-03-16
Votes: 0
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I love kali machine Because of following reasons.
- cool name used for this distro
- I love the count of tools
- Kali wallpapers always motivate me to try harder
- It's command suggestion on terminal is really cool
- I love customizations of interface with kali
- Startup and shut down speed are so good
- I feel like achieved something on every attack
- I like timely updates and upgrades
- No excessive internet data usage.
- No issues with virtual machines. works fantastic.
- All things perfect
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Project: Kali Linux
Version: 2022.4
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-01-16
Votes: 2
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Kali is great for USB persistent in offering great network and security features. It boots up fast and benefits all the software/libraries as an Ubuntu based.
USB persistent allows to run Linux on your existing hardware without touching any existing partitions/boot loaders of your default system operating system. No worry of installation process and overwritten UEFI partition or so whatever.
You can easily create your USB persistent from the downloaded ISO using rufus under windows or mkusb under Linux or similar.
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Project: Kali Linux
Version: 2022.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-07-01
Votes: 1
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no problem using kali linux on my toshiba satellite with 4gb of ram, but, i dont know why the cpu its so bad, but dont care, the OS run perfect, i recommend use minimun 4gb of ram for use this, the cpu i recommend minimun 2ghz processor, its decent, but its a nice OS to make security and more :) like it :)
bueno, no hay problema usando el sistema operativo KALI LINUX en mi toshiba sattellite de 4gb de memoria ram, no se si mi cpu es malisimo pero no importa, me corre decente, recomendaria usar el sistema operativo con minimo 4gb de memoria ram y con un cpu decente de minimo dos nucleos, pero es buen sistema operativo para crear seguridad :) me gusta :)
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Project: Kali Linux
Version: 2022.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-02-21
Votes: 1
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This is perfect for its use case, nothing else even comes close.
Great UI. Fast. Stable. Has useful tools. Customizable without much effort. Well documented. Perfect for when you just want to get work done and don't want to have to mess around with setting things up. It really is the first of its kind, and head and shoulders beyond anything else out there.
One thing I like in particular is the documentation is very well structured. Whenever I need to look up how to do something, I can find it. Plus the multiple device support is really strong, I am hard pressed to name another Linux that has as strong of ARM support. That's not to mention the docker, WSL, cloud images, and so on. It's pretty nice to just have Kali out there and accessible to me no matter where I am.
Its nor for general purpose use, and that's fine. This is a specialized tool for a specialized job role and it's great for that. At its core it is Debian however and so can still be used for anything Debian can be used for, which is pretty cool.
I tend to start with a new install each time I go to use it, so I am always setting it up from scratch. Install goes nice and quick, and I don't have issues with that at all. I have had issues in the past with mirrors not being in sync, but really I get that with anything I use.
I have tried other security focused distros before and they were so/so really. Did not really see anything I liked more in them, and they just did not seem very stable compared to Kali. Some seemed to just take Kali packages and change the UI (for the worse). Not really useful, so I just stick with the main thing.
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Project: Kali Linux
Version: 2021.3
Rating: 5
Date: 2021-12-07
Votes: 0
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Bloated with software...overkill. Unless you're into administration and security testing this would not make a good daily driver. Both appearance and aesthetics leave much to be desired. Plus excessive RAM at idle which seems to be one of the downfalls of distros of the past 5 years. The download section of their website is VERY confusing to say the least! For a distro which has been in development for the past 17+ years Kali Linux really needs to go back to the drawing board and do a complete overhaul of their OS. Need I say more?
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Project: Kali Linux
Version: 2021.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-08-14
Votes: 3
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I have numerous computers and two of them are Raspberry Pi's. One runs Kali as I am slowly learning System Admin on Linux and Pen-testing. I have tried Ubuntu in a Virtual Box on my PC, The other Pi is running Raspian, or RaspberryPiOS or whatever they call it now. I installed ProxMox on a micro PC I was gifted with. So I've a little experience with Linux. I also installed Parrot OS in a VM that I am using to work on hacking vulnerable machines from Vulnhub. I used the Kali machine as my main machine when my Windows PC crashed with a corrupted C drive earlier this year.
My opinion? I like it, It is my go to machine when I'm working on Linux. I've only toyed with all the hacking toys it comes with but as far as the desktop and terminal, once I got a few extras installed it is nice. Honestly can't list any Cons. It's never pissed me off so nothing comes to mind.
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Project: Kali Linux
Version: 2020.4
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-07-02
Votes: 0
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Perfect for pentesting and ethical hacking. Comes with pretty much everything you will ever need pre-installed for both beginners and experts alike. Kali CAN be used as a daily driver, for example if you only have a single laptop to tote around from home and work, but it shouldn't be your daily if you can help it. If you're interested in getting into the world of cybersec there really isn't a better starting point than installing Kali.
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Project: Kali Linux
Version: 2021.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-02-27
Votes: 2
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First of all let me state that this is a bit of a PSA as well as a review. Kali is meant to be run as a live system for those who engage in ethical hacking/pentesting. KALI LINUX IS NOT MEANT TO BE USED AS A DAILY DRIVER. Certain features enabled for various programs actuallyake Kali more vulnerable. If you're thinking about installing Kali as a daily driver or you're just new to Linux, this distro is not for you. Kali serves its purpose well hence the 10/10. Please if you're thinking about installing Kali just go for Ubuntu, Mageia, or even Arch.
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Project: Kali Linux
Version: 2020.4
Rating: 1
Date: 2021-01-31
Votes: 8
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If you like to fix things then you're going to love this distro -- it's broken!!!
Where do I begin? Well, maybe you should know that the developers do offer a version aimed towards ARM based systems. For the layman, that means it's supposed to work out of the box on something as "basic" as a Raspberry Pi 4 with 8GB of memory and a good boot device like a Samsung 32 EVO plus SD card -- like mine! So you can't say my "hardware" is the problem (or else it probably wouldn't even boot). I can report that other OS's for the Raspberry Pi (& it's ARM processor) work just fine. But when I tried Kali (2020.4) it was so buggy that even the kernel support for sound and wired Ethernet only worked about half the time -- and that's after I spent over 3 hours updating! I mean, WTF?! Either I have a built in virus (in a Linux distro - ya, I know) or it's just plain crap. So I'll go out on a limb and say it's just plain crap given that I've had similar experiences on the x86 side too (obviously, with other hardware).
Don't waste your time with Kali Linux. If you want to learn about networking there are far better distros (sources) out there to do that with. Just about every pre-packaged program on Kali can be obtained through other standard repositories on almost any other mainstream distro -- so you will have to learn a little more Linux to get them installed. Quite frankly, that's Kali's selling point - to learn something and yet, they've pre packaged all those "tools" for you where a novice might not need to learn so much. Talk about a dilemma! So if you don't quite understand networking or don't know about a backbone piece of software called Wireshark then don't make it worse for yourself with this distro. But like I said, if you're the kind of person who likes to fix things then by all means, go ahead and waste your time with Kali. (I doubt very many Linux Guru's will).
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