Una new version of Kali Linux is available for download and this time it brings many improvements, including new light and dark themes for KDE Plasma.
Additionally, Kali Linux 2020.2 it also brings a polished login screen, as the development team has focused on improving the layout and template.
The new version also includes new features in PowerShell, the team promoted it from the network repository to the parent package.
Additionally, Kali Linux 2020.2 comes with enhancements for ARM, including 16GB storage to be installed on an SD Card.
Like any other release, this update comes with new packages, including GNOME 3.36 and Python 3.8, although Python 2 is still offered.
“Right now, for some of the tools that still need it, we have reincorporated python2-pip. Python 2 has now reached the end of its loop and is not updating. Developers are encouraged to port their applications to Python 3. Users are encouraged to encourage developers to migrate, Python 2 will soon be obsolete. ”
Kali Linux also brings new icons to refresh the design of the system, so you will notice many changes to the menu and default programs.
The new images are ready to be downloaded and existing users can use the following commands to install the update:
echo "deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main non-free contrib" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list sudo apt update && sudo apt -y full-upgrade [-f / var / run / reboot-required] && sudo reboot -f