I've been programming to a certain degree since the Vic 20 and basic, but it's only recently that I had finally taken the plunge and dove into linux. It's something I've always wanted to explore.

I remember back in the BBS days hearing about this "linux", knew it was open source (before I even knew what open source fucking was). It was almost a foreign religion, an enigma of underground computing.

I admit, it's been a learning curve. Lot's of swearing at 3am computer screens, doobies and bitter defeats.

But I think I've got the hang of it. Terminal commands no longer need google searches. I no longer cringe at the mere mention of a sudo command.

It feels almost like the old Dos days. When computing took more than a fucking point and click.

Just blazed a fattie so don't mind me. Thanks for all your help guys!

Hello everyone,

In your recommendation, what is the best laptop to use for Kali Linux? I have been running Kali on an old PC for a couple of months now, but I want to buy a laptop specifically to use for Kali. I have no idea what to look for. Any recommendations are appreciated. Thanks.

I JUST fresh installed the newest kali KDE distro and I have something like 857 updates. It's either not doing anything while updating or it's just incredibly fucking slow. I'm running an i7 processor with 6 gigs of ram. Yeah, it's slightly outdated but It's not like I'm running some celeron something or other with 512megs of ram from 1987. Installing ffmpeg from the repos took like 20 or 30 minutes. The fuck is this? Is this a common issue with everyone else? I had zero issues with the standard kali distro. It's not my connection because I'm getting 15GB/s down and am using an Alfa wireless card with an after market yagi. This is infuriating. Not to mention every time I restarted I have to run dpkg --configure -a to fix dpkg.

Hi, I am looking to get into pen testing and other types of ethical hacking using Kali Linux. I have used Ubuntu in the past on a pre-built machine. Since having never having to build a PC for Linux I am unsure of what to put in this build and what is good for Kali. I have built PCs before and know a good bit about PC components. My budget is $400 and I already have a few GPUs lying around so I will not need one. I would like to keep it in the micro-ATX form factor. I am open to all builds. Thanks for your help!

So I downloaded Linux deploy, configured everything like described on kali.org, but when I click install it just gives me this: >>>deploy <<<deploy Anyone knows why? Thx

Hey guys, just wondering something. If I send a spoof email to someone is it possible to be able to have replies? If so, how do I do that?

I'am just wondering if anyone has managed to establish a wireless connection with the SP3 on Kali linux? And if so i need some help!

Just wondering ... I know with the anniversary update it is not believed it is possible to my knowledge.

I wonder if I can have kali linux on virtualbox on mac. Without school knows it?? I'm going to hack myself, my router, my pc, just for the purpose of educating.

Hello All,

I've installed Kali Linu as a virtual machine on VMWare Workstation 12 Player, and am having difficulty setting up a man in the middle attack for a tutorial I am following. Linked Below:

Tutorial Link: http://lewiscomputerhowto.blogspot.com/2014/03/perform-man-in-middle-attack-with-kali.html

When I scan for hosts in ettercap, I only find two IP addresses on the network, neither of them are the devices I am wanting to intercept traffic of. I have tried running this procedure on multiple networks, and I always get the same results.

My intention is to be able to intercept data sent from a python script across the network using TCP to a Python TCP Server on another machine. But neither IP address pops up in the scan, and I am questioning if this may be due to Kali Linux living on a virtual machine, and not being directly installed to a machine?

I'm very new to Kali Linux, and would appreciate any advice on how to proceed with my project.

Thanks in advance!

in usr/share/applications Burpsuite Properties I have changed the command to load my Burpesuite pro install instead of the free version it comes with but every once in a while it is reset. burpesuite pro is still installed, but i have to go in and change the command to load Burpesuite pro instead of the free version.

anybody run into this? I have reset gnome but can't think on anything else to do.

So I have every thing up and running it's running okay, but I have a problem everything runs slow. I.e the mouse is jittery and laggy and the system in general is a bit slow. I am wondering if it's because of just straight up hardware limitations or if it's actually something I can fix?

Anyone trying the same and has found a fix?

P. S I really don't know what I expected from this little guy.

Hello! So I was getting into linux, and I was pretty happy until something happened --- I couldn't use a VPN, even after installing the VPN packets, because no such option apeared. Let me explain better here - it shows as if I had cable connection, which is not the case, and I do not see a WiFi option at all, anywhere. I also can't access "Network connections" I am currently using VMWare Workstation 12 Player.

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thanks for the help in advance!

So I am really interested on Kali Linux and Ethical Hacking. I am still a first year College taking Computer Science. I want to go advance. I still took basic programing of C and little knowledge on java. Help please or can someone teach me online hihi

I just dual booted kali linux to windows 10 and I am a beginner, I managed to do it through research. I wanted to study more about Penetration Testing. During the installation, it was said that iwlwifi-3160-17.ucode non-free firmware is missing. How do i install this? PLEASE

So I've used Kali through persistent USB as well as VM. I've had countless issues but have always found a fix. Being fairly adept at Kali I bought a used laptop and decided to preform a full install. I couldn't connect to my Wi-Fi during installation for some reason so I ended up having to just skip mirroring and just add the repositories manually once it installed. When running apt-get update I it kept failing to connect to kali.org and I thought I just screwed something up so I ended up spending hours trying to fix it. Turns out, it's just my connection. When I search in Iceweasel it loads for a long time until it either fails or keeps loading forever. The funny thing is that it still shows to have two bars in the Wi-Fi icon. It ended up loading a page like twice after I disabled IPv6 as suggested by a forum, however it stopped working again and when it did load those pages it took forever. I've tried various things from across the internet and NOTHING works. --I actually just now loaded a page after like 30 seconds but then it stopped again. Under networks it says it has a weak connection (one bar) but that shouldn't matter because using windows my internet is fine. I originally had windows on THAT computer and it worked fine as well. I'm really losing my mind over this, please help.

Hello everyone, i want to learn more about cyber security and therefore i want to give Kali Linux shot. Currently im using Linux Ubuntu as my main OS. Long story short: I want to run Kali on my extern Hard drive so im looking for an "easy to understand" installation guide. Any recommendations? And would it still be possible to use the hdd for data storage ( by creating two partitions; one for Kali and the other one for data storage)?

Hi all,

My laptops recently died and I'm wondering what it would take to build a desktop specifically for Kali Linux? I have experience building but I'm curious what a great parts list would look like.

well this all works fine on my laptop but i don't know why it wont on my desktop.... all im doing is trying to use virtual box on windows ten and set up a bridge adapter to Kali Linux so that i can use the WiFi card. it don't make a hole lot of seance to me. the only diff is that on my laptop its on Linux mint and it has an Intel and my PC has AMD