Η Offensive Security announced today the availability of the first rolling stock versionof the penetration testing operating system, Kali Linux. The new version came at the request of many users.
Kali Linux 2016.1 is the first rolling version of Kali Linux and comes after five months researchs. It brings the latest and greatest penetration testing tools, as well as a new base synchronized with the software repositories of the stable release of the Debian GNU/Linux 9.0 “Stretch.”
"Today marks an important milestone for us with the first public release of the Kali Linux rolling stock. "The Kali is moving to a rolling version model from the release of version 2.0 (codenamed SANA)," the statement said.
what's new
As mentioned before, the Kali Linux Rolling Edition will always have the latest and greatest penetration testing tools as pre-installed packages in their latest releases.
Also, the new Kali Linux 2016.1 includes the Kali Linux Package Tracker, an online tool that allows users to track the evolution of their operating system through a powerful web-based interface or via e-mail. There have also been some major changes to the VMware guest tools installation process.
The upgrade process is pretty easy. All you have to do is run the following commands one by one.
cat /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main non-free contrib EOF apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade # get a coffee, or 10. reboot
- If someone is experiencing installation problems, they can report them to forum
You can also download the ISO you are interested in from the link below:
Image Name | Direct | Torrent | Size | Version | |
Kali Linux 64 bit | ISO | Torrent | 2.6G | ||
Kali Linux 32 bit | ISO | Torrent | 2.6G | ||
Kali Linux 64 Bit Light | ISO | Torrent | 0.8G | ||
Kali Linux 32 Bit Light | ISO | Torrent | 0.8G | ||
Kali Linux 64 bit mini | ISO | Torrent | 30M | ||
Kali Linux 32 bit mini | ISO | Torrent | 30M | ||
Kali Linux armel | Image | Torrent | 0.7G | ||
Kali Linux armhf | Image | Torrent | 0.7G |