As recently as late 2016, the Linux community was accusing Microsoft of locking Linux out of new PCs. No, I’m not referring to Steve Ballmer’s “Linux is cancer” scare tactics from a decade ago. So, we’ve come a long way in a pretty short period of time. That last bit refers to the point behind this particular Linux distribution: Kali Linux, which I’m not sure I’d ever heard of, is maintained and funded by Offensive Security, which describes itself as “a provider of world-class information security training and penetration testing services.” The firm notes that Kali Linux is “funded, developed and maintained as a free and open-source penetration testing platform.” This is especially exciting news for penetration testers and security professionals who have limited toolsets due to enterprise compliance standards.” “For Windows 10 users, this means you can simply enable WSL, search for Kali in the Windows store, and install it with a single click. “We’ve been working with the Microsoft WSL team to get Kali Linux introduced into the Microsoft App Store as an official WSL distribution and today we’re happy to announce the availability of the ‘Kali Linux’ Windows application,” a Kali blog post from February 21 notes. But as it turns out, Kali arrived in the Microsoft Store almost two weeks ago. Kali Linux has joined a growing list of Linux environments that are available in Windows 10’s Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). Installing xfce4 on Kali Linux over WSL, Windows 10 from Offensive Security on Vimeo.
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