Time for another Kali Linux release! – Kali Linux 2021.1. This release has various impressive updates. The summary of the changelog 1 since the 2020.4 release from November 2020 is:
- Xfce 4.16 – Our preferred and current default desktop environment has been updated and tweaked
- KDE 5.20 – Plasma also received a version bump
- Terminals – mate-terminal, terminator and tilix all had various work carried out on them
- Command Not Found – A helping hand to say if a program needs to be installed
- Partnership with more tool authors – BC Security & Joohoi have been producing great tools and we want to support them
- New tools & updates – Multiple new tools have been added to Kali and are ready for you
- Kali NetHunter – New BusyBox & Rucky version, and boot-animation
- Kali ARM – Preliminary support for Parallels on Apple Silicon (Apple M1) & Raspberry Pi 400 (WiFi Support)
The Kali project itself also has a couple different changes:
- New Kali website – You may have noticed a few things looking different
- Kali newsletter – Rather than you coming to us for updates, we can push them to your inbox
More info here 16.
