Kali Linux
Kali Linux formerly known as BackTrack Linux is Debian-based on Linux distribution. It’s mainly aimed for cybersecurity experts and persons who want to explore and develop their skills with advanced penetration testing and conducting digital forensics. It's initial release was at 13 March 2013 and since then there has been minor bug fixes during the years.
Kali Linux is under GPLv3 license and maintained and funded by Offensive Security. Kali Linux includes security tools, such as: WireShark, Autopsy, Nmap and Kismet among others. It’s free, open-source, FHS compliant, completely customizable, multi-language supported and contains several hundred tools targeted towards various information security tasks, such as Penetration Testing, Security Research, Computer Forensics and Reverse Engineering.
Kali Linux uses the APT package manager and the latest version is Kali 2021.1.
It's doesn't have an official yearly release date, it releases new versions/updates when ever they are ready to use.
Elementary OS
aka ”A privacy-respecting replacement for Windows and macOS”
Elementary OS is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu LTS that features the custom developed Pantheon desktop environment. It’s initial release date was 31 March 2011 and it’s applications are developed and maintained by Elementary, Inc plus it’s under GPLv3 license too. It promotes itself as a "fast, open, and privacy-respecting" replacement to macOS and Windows and has a pay-what-you-want model.
Elementary OS has MacOS-inspired interface with a large icon dock interface instead a Windows-style Start button and taskbar. Includes the custom coded apps and paid app store that are available with Elementary.
Previous versions are 0.1 Jupiter and it featured a customized Gnome desktop, and was based on Ubuntu 10.10. After Jupiter there has come 0.2 Luna, 0.3 Freya, 0.4 Loki, 5.0 Juno and the latest version is called 5.1.7 ”Hera”.
It has been assumed that elementary OS 6 is released between October 2021 and December 2021. For Elementary OS 6 there is planned to be more refreshed look and feel including typography and the system stylesheet, major updates to communication and organization apps by leaning on the Evolution data server back-end and new installer and initial setup among other updates.
- Freezing up more often than prior releases
- Connecting Wifi hasn't been working properly
- Doesn't have any input in the list to enable the Noise Supression function
- Problems with minimizing windows
- Some libraries and packages that would normally be included with other distros aren’t installed
Other distros that look and feel like macOS are Deepin Linux, BackSlash Linux and Ubuntu Budgie among others.
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