OVERVIEW ON KALI LINUX:


Kali Linux has gained a lot of popularity recently. And there is a reason for that. Hacking is back as the cool-thing-to-do in popular culture and this can be attributed significantly to the TV series Mr. Robot.
Kali is one of the few hacking focused Linux distributions and quite obviously, Mr. Robot’s popularity helped Kali Linux in getting new users.
And with that, people with hardly any knowledge of Linux or anything related to computer security are now trying to use Kali as their main Linux distribution.
But Kali Linux was certainly not designed for that purpose.
Of course, I could easily write an article explaining why it’s wrong to use Kali as a first Linux distribution. In fact, you could find great arguments here and hereto dissuade you from using Kali unless you really have specific needs.
But I wanted to do something different. So I setup a virtual machine and tried to put myself in the shoes of a ‘new user’ trying some basic tasks on his brand new Linux system. So, will I encounter some issues or will it be straightforward? Stay with me up until the end of this article to read my conclusions.

What is Kali Linux?

Kali Linux was developed by the security firm Offensive Security. It’s a rewrite around Debian of their previous Knoppix-based digital forensics and penetration testing distribution BackTrack.
To quote the official web page title, Kali Linux is a “Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking Linux Distribution”. Simply said, it’s a Linux distribution packed with security-related tools and targeted toward network and computer security experts.
A Linux Distribution is nothing more than a bundle containing the Linux kernel, a set of core utilities and applications and some default settings. So, Kali Linux does not offer something unique in that sense most of the provided tools could be installed on any Linux distribution.
The difference is Kali is pre-packaged with those tools and the default settings were chosen according to the intended use cases of that distribution, rather than, say, to fit the needs of the typical desktop user.
In other words, whatever is your goal, you don’t have to use Kali. It is just a special distributions making easier the tasks it is specifically designed for, while eventually making other tasks more difficult.

Kali Linux installation and first experience

Kali Linux being based on Debian, the installation process is rather straightforward. And it is well documented on the Kali website.
For this test, I stuck as much as possible with the default options.
And only a few minutes later, I was able to boot for the first time in Kali Linux, ending up with that screen:
A user accustomed to Unix-like systems might be surprised to learn “root” is the only user available after a default installation. But that’s because many pen-testing tools require super-user permissions.
Once again, this is a Kali-specific choice given its intended use case. But this is not the best choice for your everyday use of a computer (browsing the internet, using office applications, and so on). And it is possibly the worstchoice if you have to share your computer with someone else (more on that later).
Speaking of applications, the only ones installed on a default Kali Linux system are clearly oriented toward security. In addition to that, there are a bunch of command line tools not visible from the menu, and few core utilities like a calculator, an image viewer or a couple of text editors. But you will not find heavyweight office applications or productivity tool.

TRICK(Wifi-Jammer | Using Kali Linux):

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