How To Make Clean Installation Of Kali Linux - 2020.1 In laptop And Desktop

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In this Tutorial we are going to discuss how to download and install kali linux on pc.

Kali Linux 2020.1 release is now available for immediate download. Kali 
Linux is an Advanced Penetration Testing Linux distribution suited for Ethical hacking, Penetration Testing, and network security assessments among other security related operations. This Linux distribution has evolved from its initial release, to being a rolling release Linux distribution that can be used for general computing purposes.

What is new in Kali Linux 2020.1

Some of the major changes are:

• A switch from GNOME to Xfce: The default DE is now Xfce. But you can choose KDE, Gnome e.t.c during installation.
• Non-Root by default – You crease a standard user account during installation. To login to Live image boot, use kali/kali credentials.
• Kali single installer image – This is an all-in-one offline installation. Has all the default package selections. This image now has XFCE, GNOME, KDE, etc. Unlike the older releases which distributed desktop environments as separate image files.
• Kali NetHunter Rootless – You can now run Kali NetHunter in an Android phone not rooted.
• Theme Improvements – New themes for GNOME – light and dark.
• Kali-Undercover – Kali-undercover now starts to feel even more like Windows to help blend in.
• New Tools – cloud-enum, emailharvester, phpggc, sherlock, splinter.
• Python 2 End Of Life – Tools depending on Python 2.x removed.

How To Download Kali Linux Latest Update?

We can download the Kali linux from official Kali linux site and also from Ubuntu terminal using the "wget" command.

Here we are going to download it using wget command in linux terminal.For that the command we are using is :

wget https://cdimage.kali.org/kali-2020.1/kali-linux-2020.1-installer-amd64.iso

Or else

 You can Download it from here

Next step is to burn the iso file to a bootable medium.It can be done using an application called etcher.

download link:

Etcher for Windows (x86|x64) (Installer) : Download

Etcher for Linux x86 (32-bit) (AppImage):Download

Etcher for Linux x64 (64-bit) (AppImage):Download

Etcher for macOS:Download

Next burn iso image etcher. That's it!!!

How to Boot Kali Linux Live CD or USB in PC?

Plug the USB installer into the computer you are installing Kali on. When booting the computer, repeatedly press the trigger key to enter the boot option menu (usually F12, Common keys for accessing the Boot Menu are Esc, F2, F10 or F12, depending on the manufacturer of the computer or motherboard. The specific key to press is usually specified on the computer's startup screen.) and select the USB drive.

How to install Kali Linux in PC?

Once the Bootable medium is booted ;

Select graphical installation method – Recommended for new users.

Choose the language to use during installation process – English for me.

Select a country for the correct timezone to be set for your machine during installation.

Configure keyboard keymap.

Wait for the installation components to be loaded.

Set your machine hostname.

Set domain name, this will be part of FQDN – .

Create a user for non-administrative activities – set full name and username.

Set desired timezone

Choose disk partitioning method – If you’re not sure, go with “Guided – use entire disk“.You can select the option "Manual" if you are running multiple operating system in the same PC.But it is slightly complicated .So we are not going to discuss it now.We can now use “Guided – use entire disk“ method.This method will erase all your existing data in your PC.

Select disk for installation.

Select how partitioning should be done. For new users, All files in one partition should work fine. If you have enough installation disk size, you can go with separate /home, /var, /tmp partitions. This may require doing custom partitioning in the previous steps for accurate disk allocation.

Write changes to disk.

If you chose LVM, set size of volume group to be created.

Commit changes to disk

Wait for the installation to start – it should take few minutes.

If you have a network proxy for external access then configure it in the next screen.

Package manager apt configuration will start.

Choose software applications and Kali desktop environment to install.

You can choose tools based on your Kali Linux use case – Purpose for installation.

Install the GRUB boot loader to the master boot record so you can boot your Kali Linux image.

Select target disk for GRUB installation – Mostly the first disk.

Your installation completed successful if you don’t see any error messages.

Reboot your PC and you will see a grub menu. You can select the Kali linux from there and boot up the newly installed Kali Linux