Kali Linux is one of the best ethical hacking distros that we can find on the net. This distro, based on Debian, brings everything necessary to allow us to carry out all kinds of security tests, offering users a simple and safe environment to carry out their tests, as well as keeping applications always up-to-date and avoiding repeated programs. . It is important that these types of distros are updated periodically to offer the best benefits to users. And so comes the new Kali Linux 2020.2.
Kali Linux 2020.2 is the second 2020 update of this ethical hacking distro. This new version comes after its predecessor, 2020.1, will (controversially) remove different ISO images with different desktops, now offering a single ISO from which the user can choose which desktop to use.
The new version 2020.2 does not bring big and revolutionary changes , but focuses on updating and improving the environment and the user experience. Then we will see all the news included.
What’s New in Kali Linux 2020.2
Version 2020.1 removed the various ISO images by desktops to offer users a single image that they could customize on startup. However, this has caused problems for users, who have found that the distro took a long time to retrieve the package list.
To solve this problem, the new ISO of 2020.2 now saves all ” kali-linux-large ” packages, as well as all desktops and other packages, in the image itself. Although the image is somewhat larger, it now takes much less time to retrieve packages, and can also be installed without problems on offline computers.
Another novelty introduced in this new version is hidden inside the KDE Plasma desktop . The developers of Kali this time have put aside the XFCE and GNOME desktops to focus their development on Plasma. Thus, new light and dark themes have been introduced to customize the appearance of Kali, and the login screen of the distro has been improved.
Other interesting changes to mention are:
- PowerShell is now installed by default with the “kali-linux-large” repository.
- Kali Linux for ARM improvements.
- All versions use the kali / kali credentials instead of root / root.
- New key packs and icons.
- GNOME 3.36.
- Joplin.
- Nextnet.
- Pyhton 3.8.
- SpiderFoot.
- WSLconf to launch Kali on the Windows Subsystem for Linux.
- More compatibility for Kali Linux NetHunter.
Of course, a host of internal changes have also been introduced to fix bugs and improve the overall performance of the distro. Packages and installed applications have also been updated to their latest versions.
Update or download the new Kali Linux
The new version of Kali Linux 2020.2 is now available to all users for free from the following link . Here we can find this latest version, 2020.2, and download it for both 32-bit and 64-bit.
If we already have Kali Linux installed on our computer, we can directly update to the latest version simply with a command. To do this, we will open a Terminal window and execute the following:
sudo apt update && sudo apt -y full-upgrade
After restarting the computer we will already have all the improvements and news of the new Kali Linux on our computer. We can verify this by running the command: ” grep VERSION / etc / os-release ” in a terminal. This command will return VERSION = “2020.2” and VERSION_ID = “2020.2” if we have already updated to this version.