Kali Linux is a Debian-based distribution. Contains a very large collection of security tools and penetration tests.
The project has just released a new version for the year 2020 and it brings a number of important changes. The new version, 2020.1, of Kali Linux merges the various desktop editions into a single download option and removes the ability to run various as root from beforechoice.
"Throughout duration of Kali history (and BackTrack predecessors, WHAX and Whoppix), the default credentials were root / toor. This is no longer the case. We no longer use it account superuser, root, as default in Kali 2020.1. The default user account is now a standard user with no privileges.”
To read the reasons behind this move you can visit a previous post at blog of distribution.
This is a very large one change, and the developers ask that you report if you encounter any problem.
Download the new version (SHA256):
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