Kali Linux is Available in Windows now, How to Enable it?

This header is remains shocking for me, Powerful penetration testing and the security tool comes to the Microsoft Store for Windows 10. Linux open source was as a longtime enemy of both Microsoft & Apple, that is no longer true.

Kali Linux

Kali Linux one of the most powerful penetration testing operating system with over hundreds of default testing tools. It is maintained and funded by Offensive Security Ltd. Utilized by security experts in an extensive variety of specializations, including penetration testing, forensics, reverse engineering, and vulnerability assessment.

Since the Ubuntu and Open SUSE are available in the Windows store, as same we need to customize our windows environment before we start working on Linux.

Setup the Environment

Enable the optional feature “Windows Subsystem for Linux”

Click Start button and Search Turn Windows features On/Off

Select and check Enable -Windows Subsystem for Linux & Restart

 

 

Alternative Way

Open PowerShell and type or copy the following command

 

 

Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux

Reboot the workstation.

 

 

Now move to the Microsoft Windows Store and Install Kali Linux

Once installation is finished update the following via command prompt.

apt update

apt dist-upgrade

reboot

Let’s start your penetration testing with Kali Linux in Windows 10, Happy Hacking !!