Kali linux as main OS

[EdSim]

Hello everyone! I want to know why so many people advise against using kali linux as a main OS for daily tasks. I get it that you run as root by default but you can create another user and that problem is gone. What other minuses does this distribution have? I've read every piece of documentation on their website and every discussion in the first two pages of google, and the generic answer is "just don't". Can anyone explain why this shouldn't be done?

 

[KM-Tiger]

It's a specialist distro for pen testing. Sooner or later you will come across something that will be hard or not possible, that would be easy on a desktop distro.

Same reasoning as not using Fedora for a server.

 

[EdSim]

I got that opinion from multiple places, but I'd like some concrete examples of what I couldn't do on this distribution as opposed to another like ubuntu or mint.

 

[Kixo]

i dual boot my computer between windows and kali - if you current machine is ubuntu - kali is very similar, most if not all things "should" work. I have spotify, slack, and other apps installed no problems. i would say the complications come down to how good linux user you are. If you are good you wont have any problems.

If you were a windows only user with no linux history i'd say you'd last 10 min! Ubuntu and Kali are actually going to be very similar thanks to GNOME in the next version of ubuntu - so yeah i do and i'd say try dual booting or potentially go for it if you are comfy in linux. You obviously want kali for security/pentesting which is the reason i dual boot. Only go to windows for specific applications that don't run in wine.

 

[Kixo]

only potential downside is if you download all sketchy tools - they could have backdoors to giving up your personal data - if you stick to kali installed programs - and you are sensible with things cant see why you wouldnt

 

[cantonsdy]

Because it is Linux.

 

[EdSim]

i dual boot my computer between windows and kali - if you current machine is ubuntu - kali is very similar, most if not all things "should" work. I have spotify, slack, and other apps installed no problems. i would say the complications come down to how good linux user you are. If you are good you wont have any problems.

If you were a windows only user with no linux history i'd say you'd last 10 min! Ubuntu and Kali are actually going to be very similar thanks to GNOME in the next version of ubuntu - so yeah i do and i'd say try dual booting or potentially go for it if you are comfy in linux. You obviously want kali for security/pentesting which is the reason i dual boot. Only go to windows for specific applications that don't run in wine.

I think this is the most complete answer, thank you! I've been using ubuntu for a while on my work laptop, and I've switched a few linux distros on my home pc as well. Thank you again for your answer.

 

[Web Hosting UK]

I'd probably go with a dual boot like Kixo, then you get best of both worlds. All depends on what your device is going to be used for.