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I now run Kali Linux on my 2012/13 Lenovo T430u, and it works fine without any upgrades. I bought it in Macau when I was living over there from late 2009 until
by eggy 3y ago
I now run Kali Linux on my 2012/13 Lenovo T430u, and it works fine without any upgrades. I bought it in Macau when I was living over there from late 2009 until end of 2015. I used it in the field in harsh environments for all sorts of work, and it never failed. I was running the latest version of Windows at that time. I switched to Ubuntu on it to replace my older linux box.
- ChuckNorris89 3y agoWait, you're daily driving Kali on bare metal? Pretty sure it's not meant for that
- znpy 3y agoNever used Kali linux myself, but from what i read it's pretty much a debian with some applications preinstalled and (i guess) some artwork customized (i'm gonna guess: wallpapers, icons etc). there's no real difference between running debian and running kali linux.
- ChuckNorris89 3y agoAFAIK Kali is not as simple as Debian + some pentest apps and fancy graphics, but also has laxer firewall and security permissions to make sure all pentest apps will run properly, meaning you yourself are now vulnerable when running it, which is why it's normally run in a VM during engagements, and not something that you daily drive and host personal information on, like SSH keys or browser cookies.
- eggy 3y agoYou are right, but I only use it for hacking. It's amazing how many people freak out when you say you have it as the main boot OS on a laptop. I have been programming since 1978 (Commodore PET 2001), and started hacking back in 1987 in terms of networking, phones, etc. As I wrote above, my work and personal computers are Windows and Mac and another Debian box.
- diffeomorphism 3y agoNo, there are quite large differences and thus kali itself actively advises against doing that.
- eggy 3y agoI get this all the time. I use the Kali box strictly for hacking, security, etc. I have Windows and Mac for work. I have another Linux notebook running Debian.
- sph 3y agoA friend of mine has been a sysadmin for 20 years and these days he runs Kali logged in as root on his personal machine. I just cringe at the thought.
- doublepg23 3y agoWhen I would do Linux support on forums in such it was always an uphill battle explaining to newbies why _not_ to run Kali as their first distro.