Kali Linux is now available for download
Kali Linux has just been released. ISO and VMWare images for Kali, a Linux distribution from the developers of BackTrack Linux, just hit a download mirror near you.
BackTrack was/is a specialty distribution for security professionals and penetration testers. Before being re-branded, retooled and relaunched as Kali Linux, the last “stable” edition of BackTrack was BackTrack 5 R3. The “R” is for Revolution, that version’s code name.
With Kali, the distribution’s developers made the switch from an Ubuntu base to a Debian base. So, Kali is a Debian-based distribution for security gurus or those aspiring to be. Released installation images use the GNOME 3 (GNOME Shell 3.4.2) desktop environment, though there are instructions for rolling your own using the any desktop environment that you prefer.
Here are just a few screen shots from a live installation of Kali Linux in a virtual environment. This one is the boot menu.
Here’s the default desktop.
This one shows installed top 10 security applications.
And this one shows installed hardware hacking tools.
This shows categories of installed forensic applications.
You may read more on what Kali Linux brings to the table here and download ISO or VMWare images from here.
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Only Ubuntu 12.10 64bit works on the surface pro, they have signed efi file…
No luck with kali or any other bistro for that matter even with secure boot disabled.
can’t get it to work with UEFI to boot from thumb drive…surface pro , or any computer with OEM windows 8.
Anyone got around the UFEI issue?
it’s does not seem to be compatible with UEFI, can’t boot from thumb drive, to use with a surface pro.
Anyone got it to work wit
I have a machine with UEFI firmware that I can try it on, but the machine is not OEM. I built it myself.
I got it to boot from my machine in UEFI mode. But note that the machine is not OEM.
I spent yesterday working on this. I couldn’t do it on a Zenbook. Went on fine on a 32b eee pc and a 64b HP (which had never taken BT due to graphics drivers) But on a Zenbook with UEFI win8 and Ubuntu 12.10. It just wouldn’t go. No matter what changes I made. It wouldn’t even boot from usb. The closest I got was turning secure boot back ON of all things. Then it booted but said the security cert didn’t match. Anyone got a fix? I think their UEFI workaround isn’t working. But the one in Ubuntu 12.10 works a treat. I’ll keep at it and let you know if I can get it going.