Updating Your Lab

Hey there! If you are already familiar with the contents of the Fundamentals course and are using your old lab with Ubuntu or any other non-cybersecurity-focused distribution… It is time to upgrade your lab! 🧑‍💻

Why?

There is a lot to learn and the time you have is limited, ideally, you want to spend as much time learning and spend a lot less setting things up. - Some sections in this course and beyond (advanced courses) may require your machine to have some specialized tools which are not available on the distro by default and are neither available on their universal repositories, in order to install them and update them you will have to manually. - Locate their repositories - Add them to your system repository database - Ensure compatibility between what is used and what is available - So, it is time to upgrade your hacking lab OS to a more cybersecurity-focused distro: Kali Linux

Kali Linux

Kali Linux is an open-source, Debian-based Linux distribution geared towards various information security tasks, such as Penetration Testing, Security Research, Computer Forensics, and Reverse Engineering.

Installation guide -

Use this link to download and install Kali Linux on your machine according to your needs. Use the Slack channel for any help or assistance required. You can surely choose to go your own path and install tools as required, but honestly just don’t waste your time and energy over petty issues unless you absolutely want to tinker and learn by breaking and fixing things through trial and error.

Shoutout to @map for identifying that this section needed to exist and writing it! If you are ever going through these courses and want to contribute, just hit me up!