Linux #1

 Linux has been very interesting though last 30 years

Linux has mostly famous due to creating servers, ethical hacking and their command line prompts just like cmd and powershell in windows. Linux terminal is kind of similar to MacOS but they have different histories.

There many types of linux:

·      Debian

·      Ubuntu

·      Mint Linux

·      Red Hat

·      Fedora

·      Mageia OS

·      CentOS

·      Arch Linux

·      Raspberry Pi

Mostly hacking is done in debian based linux operating systems like:

·      Kali Linux

·      Parrot OS

·      Ubuntu

·      Pop OS

Through all this Kali Linux is very popular and useful for penetration testing and ethical hacking, even you should have a try to kali linux, its 101 % legal.

 

How to try Kali Linux?

Its upon you there 3 commonly used ways that you can use:

1.  Virtual Box

2.  Dual Boot

3.  Live Bootable USB

 

Virtual Box

What is virtual Box?

By the name suggested that it is virtual and a box which basically means machine, a virtual machine or host. This software makes a virtual host on your pc so that you can try any OS on this virtual machine they are very safe to use.

        Available for

1.  Windows

2.  MacOS

3.  Linux

Download the image file and make it boot in virtual box.

(Recommended for 6+ GB Ram PC Users)

 

Dual Boot

Again, the name tells us everything by dual meaning two boot or operating system, two operating system in one physical machine or pc you say. This makes only one operating system running at single time but, it shows better performance than virtual box.

(Recommended for 2-4 GB Ram PC’s)

 

Live Bootable USB

Live meaning live, bootable meaning booting an operating system and USB meaning pen drive.

Live booting an OS with pen drive, this is for people who doesn’t have laptops, this also shows same performance as dual boot and its very very more portable than a laptop its like plug and play kali linux on any PC.