Kali Linux 2022.2 Release (GNOME 42, KDE 5.24 & hollywood-activate)

It’s that or since the - Major release update of the popular desktop environment

GNOME 42

Like for every (almost) half-year, there is a new version bump for the GNOME desktop environment. Kali 2022.2 brings the new version, GNOME 42, which is a more polished experienced following the work previously introduced in versions 40 and 41.

The shell theme now includes a more modern look, removing the arrows from the pop-up menus and using more rounded edges. In addition, we’ve upgraded and tweaked the dash-to-dock extension, making it integrate better with the new look and fixing some bugs.

Here is a preview of the upgraded Kali themes for gnome-shell:

Kali-Dark:

Kali-Light:

GNOME 42’s Built-In Screenshot and Screencast Tool

With GNOME 42, there is one new feature that is brighter than all of the others: the screenshot and screen-recording tool. It’s an enormous improvement in terms of user experience. Screenshots are, at the same time, saved to the ~/Pictures/Screenshots/ folder and copied to the clipboard, so the user does not need to find them.

Quick shortcuts to skip the On Screen Display (OSD) dialog:

• Window screenshot: Alt + PtrScr


• Full-screen screenshot: Shift + PtrScr

KDE Plasma 5.24

This new Plasma release focuses on smoothing out wrinkles, evolving the design, and improving the overall feel and usability of the environment:

Other Desktop Enhancements

Xfce Tweaks

• Disable noisy motherboard beep when clicking the logout dialog!
  Thank you , were improved and updated, and new ones were added for .
  
  

  Another improvement for the app dashboard is that the programs that include a user interface will now respect the custom icon provided by Kali. Previously, the icon in the app drawer showed the proper image, but once you launched it, the icon hardcoded to the program took preference, usually using a lower quality and pixelated image. This change will only affect KDE and GNOME desktops and, unfortunately, does not work on Xfce. Thankfully, this issue was more noticeable in these desktops, as icons in Xfce’s panel are tiny.

  
  

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  Automated Copy of Missing Configurations:

  
  

  Generally, configuration files in Kali are stored outside of the $HOME directory, but some programs do not support this. As a workaround, some config-files need to be copied to the user’s home directory when it gets created.

  
  

  This method has two issues:

  
  
  • Firstly, if the user removes an important file inside their folder, the system might not behave as expected.
  
  
  • Alternatively, the user will only receive the config-files available the moment it gets created. Therefore, if an OS update or program adds a new file (or modifies and existing), the user will not receive it unless they manually copy it.
  
  

  With this change, the system will automatically copy any file from /etc/skel found missing in your home folder without replacing the already existing ones (do not worry, your changes will not get overwritten). So if, for example, you remove the Zsh shell configuration file, ~/.zshrc, the next time you log in, the file will be replaced.

  
  

  VirtualBox Shared Folder Support

  
  

  If you are using VirtualBox, when a user account is created, it is now automatically added to the vboxsf group by default. This means if you are using VirtualBox, there is now one less step if you want to use shared folders.

  
  

  Tweaks for the Terminal

  
  
  • Small changes to the Zsh syntax-highlighting colours to improving legibility.
  
  
  • python3-pip and python3-virtualenv are now included by default Kali installations.
  
  
  • Added shell autocompletion for John The Ripper.
  
  
  • All …2john tools (zip2john, 7z2john, pdf2john, etc.) can now be called directly by just typing their name, no need to cd /usr/share/john/ first.
  
  
  • Resource packages (wordlists, windows-resources, powersploit, etc.) now show a much clearer output with colours differentiating the type of file or directory:
  
  

  

  
  

  Hollywood Activate / Kali Screensaver (April Fools)

  
  

  ) over the years. Hacking as shown in popular media, has ranged from really fun to completely absurd, so we saw the opportunity to do a tribute to some of our favourite instances (and get a little nostalgic).

  
  

  Even though this project was designed for 1st April it still works as an awesome screensaver. For this reason, we thought it would be a good idea to keep it in our repository so you can install it whenever you want:

  
  

  Installation:

  
  
  CONSOLE Kopieren

  ┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
  
  └─$ sudo apt -y install kali-screensaver
  
  

  
  

  You can also install the hollywood-activate command to be able to launch it immediately from the terminal and avoid waiting for the screensaver to launch:

  
  
  CONSOLE Kopieren

  ┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
  
  └─$ sudo apt -y install hollywood-activate
  
  ┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
  
  └─$ hollywood-activate
  
  

  
  

  If you want this on macOS or Windows,



• Windows: we introduced the official support for BTRFS snapshotting in Kali Linux. We call it .
  
  

  

  
  

  Preview of Kali Unkaputtbar in action, showing all the previous snapshots you can choose from the boot menu.

  
  

  Win-KeX 3.1

  
  

  This update eliminates a restriction preventing GUI application from being run as root. Now you can start any GUI application with sudo, e.g.

  
  
  CONSOLE Kopieren

  sudo wireshark
  
  

  
  

  

  
  

  New Tools in Kali

  
  

  It would not be a Kali release if there were not any new tools added! A quick run down of what has been added (to the network repositories):

  
  
  • - Ultimate WinRM shell
  
  
  • - Fast and multi-purpose HTTP toolkit
  
  
  • - Stealth post-exploitation framework
  
  
  • - SIP peer-to-peer honeypot for VoIP
  
  
  • - Powerful framework for rogue access points
  
  

  We want Kali to be able to access and interact with as many different services as possible. We all know that databases often contain juicy information. And has added a new WPS Attacks tab to the Kali NetHunter app, which utilizes OneShot to perform various WPS attacks without monitor mode from your internal wireless chip, even from your Kali NetHunter watch!

  
  

  The TicWatch Pro 3 GPS, LTE, Ultra GPS, Ultra LTEare receiving initial NetHunter support. It features the same functionalities as the TicWatch Pro, except BadUSB. We are Trying Harder to bring you even more for the next release on this watch! In the meantime, all TicWatch Pros are now supported - TicWatch Pro, Pro 2020, Pro 4G/LTE.

  
  

  Head over to our to during this time as well. One new page that we think Apple silicon users will enjoy, and a sizeable change to another page that will interest any users wishing to access a “Desktop” (aka Graphical User Interface - GUI) from a normally strictly headless instance.

  
  
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  Download Kali Linux 2022.2

  
  

  Fresh Images:
  So what are you waiting for? Start that you can use as well. If you cannot wait for our next release and you want the latest packages (or bug fixes) when you download the image, you can just use the weekly image instead. This way you will have fewer updates to do.

  
  

  Just know that these are automated builds that we do not QA like we do our standard about those images because we want any issues to be fixed before our next release!

  
  

  Existing Installs:
  If you already have an existing Kali Linux installation, remember you can always do a quick .

  
  

  As always, should you come across any bugs in Kali, please submit a report on our is not a Bug Tracker!

  
  

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