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Kali Linux 2.0 Released

Posted by Soulskill on from the onward-and-upward dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Kali Linux 2.0 has been released, together which an assortment of interesting new features. Most importantly, Kali is now a rolling distribution, using Debian Testing as their upstream source. (Download page.) There are also huge changes to the UI, including a fully fledged, custom GNOME 3 environment, as well as support for myriad other Desktop Environments. The maintainers describe the release this way: "If Kali 1.0 was focused on building a solid infrastructure then Kali 2.0 is focused on overhauling the user experience and maintaining updated packages and tool repositories." I'm enjoying 2.0 so far. What are your thoughts and comments?

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  1. Re:So, what is the point? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    From what we see in #debian on IRC, the point of Kali Linux is to create a #kali-linux channel that has half a dozen screaming teenagers with no clue what they are doing and no interest in learning. (This then spills into other channels because they've not managed to get their l33t cracker questions answered in #kali-linux.)

  2. Re:My thoughts - wtf is Kali Linux? by p0p0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    The first 2 lines of your post led me to believe you were either going to write a poem or a rap. I was disappointed.

  3. Re:My thoughts - wtf is Kali Linux? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    To understand Kali, you must back track.

  4. Re:So, what is the point? by fisted · · Score: 5, Funny

    You do realize that even a chicken can install Debian, so long as you put sufficient grain on the Enter key, right?

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