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Kali Undercover
Kali Undercover is a set of scripts that change the theme of your Kali Linux to a Windows 10 alike theme. It was released with Kali Linux 2019.4with an important concept in mind, to hide in plain sight. Going “undercover” Switching to undercover mode is pretty simple, just run the following command: kali@kali:~$ kali-undercover kali@kali:~$ or, you could also look for “Kali Undercover Mode” from the menu of your desktop and launch it from there. Swoosh! Now, you are (almost) invisible to most indiscreet eyes by having a theme that would make most people think you are using Windows 10. Reverting Back Now, to revert back into your previous Kali Linux theme just re-enter the previous command: kali@kali:~$ kali-undercover kali@kali:~$ Ta-da! Welcome back! Now, all your desktop settings should be restored. Purpose of Undercover Mode in Kali Linux The main purpose of introducing Kali Undercover mode is to prevent any unnecessary attention while using Kali Linux in public. Let’s imagine a scenario: you are ethically pentesting your client and you are in their office or reception doing reconnaissance or something that involves the use of Kali Linux. Someone from your client’s office or some random on-looker spots the desktop environment/wallpaper of Kali Linux, so they might think you are doing something mischievous even though you are doing it ethically and warn the authority. All the hard work that you did from the beginning to become stealthy will go in vain. And that’s because of what? A wallpaper! For a client who requested you to become stealthy, this is not what you would want. Hence, to prevent any kind of unwanted attention from public it’s better to go “Undercover!”.
Kali changed to a non-root user policyby default since the release of 2020.1. This means: During the installation of amd64 images, it will prompt you for a standard user account to be created. Any default operating system credentials used during Live Boot, or pre-created image (like Virtual Machines & ARM) will be: User: kali Password: kali Vagrant image (based on their policy): Username: vagrant Password: vagrant Amazon EC2: User: kali Password: <ssh key> Default Tool Credentials Some tools shipped with Kali, will use their own default hardcoded credentials (others will generate a new password the first time its used). The following tools have the default values: BeEF-XSS Username: beef Password: beef Configuration File: /etc/beef-xss/config.yaml MySQL User: root Password: (blank) Setup Program: mysql_secure_installation OpenVAS Username: admin Password: <Generated during setup> Setup Program: openvas-setup Metasploit-Framework Username: postgres Password: postgres Configuration File: /usr/share/metasploit-framework/config/database.yml PowerShell-Empire/Starkiller Username: empireadmin Password: password123 For versions of Kali Linux older than 2020.1, here is our previous credential information and root policyinformation.
Download Kali Linux Images Securely
When you download an image, be sure to download the SHA256SUMS and SHA256SUMS.gpg files that are next to the downloaded image (i.e. in the same directory on the Kali Linux Download Server). Before verifying the checksums of the image, you must ensure that the SHA256SUMS file is the one generated by Kali. That’s why the file is signed by Kali’s official key with a detached signature in SHA256SUMS.gpg. Kali’s official key can be downloaded like so: $ wget -q -O - https://archive.kali.org/archive-key.asc | gpg --import # or... $ gpg --keyserver hkps://keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-key 827C8569F2518CC677FECA1AED65462EC8D5E4C5 # ...and verify that the displayed fingerprint matches the one below $ gpg --fingerprint 827C8569F2518CC677FECA1AED65462EC8D5E4C5 pub rsa4096 2025-04-17 [SC] [expires: 2028-04-17] 827C 8569 F251 8CC6 77FE CA1A ED65 462E C8D5 E4C5 uid [ unknown] Kali Linux Archive Automatic Signing Key (2025) </DEVEL@KALI.ORG> Once you have downloaded both SHA256SUMS and SHA256SUMS.gpg, you can verify the signature as follows: $ wget -q https://cdimage.kali.org/current/SHA256SUMS{.gpg,} $ gpg --verify SHA256SUMS.gpg SHA256SUMS gpg: Signature made Sun 20 Apr 2025 16:00:00 GMT gpg: using RSA key 827C8569F2518CC677FECA1AED65462EC8D5E4C5 gpg: Good signature from "Kali Linux Archive Automatic Signing Key (2025) <devel@kali.org>" [unknown] gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature! gpg: There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner. If you don’t get that “Good signature” message or if the key ID doesn’t match, then you should stop the process and review whether you downloaded the images from a legitimate Kali mirror.
Downloading Kali Linux
IMPORTANT! Never download Kali Linux images from anywhere other than the official sources. Always be sure to verify the SHA256 checksums of the file you’ve downloaded against our official values. It would be easy for a malicious entity to modify a Kali installation to contain exploits or malware and host it unofficially. Where to Get Official Kali Linux Images ISO Files for Intel-based PCs In order to run Kali “Live” from a USB driveon standard Windows and Apple PCs, you’ll need a Kali Linux bootable ISO image. The Kali Linux images are available as directly downloadable “.iso/.img” files or via “.torrent” files. Official Kali ISOs for Intel-based PCs Building your own Kali Linux ISO, standard or customized, is a very simple process. Virtual Machines Images If you want to run Kali Linux as a “guest” under VMware or VirtualBox, Kali Linux is available as a pre-built virtual machines with any guest tools already installed. Official Kali Linux VMware and VirtualBox Images ARM Images The hardware architectures of ARM-based devicesvary considerably, so it is not possible to have a single image that will work across all of them. Pre-built Kali Linux images for the ARM architecture are available for a wide range of devices. Scripts for building your own ARM images locally are also available on GitLab. For more details, see the articles on setting up an ARM cross-compilation environment and building a custom Kali Linux ARM chroot. Verifying Your Downloaded Kali Image Why do I need to do this? Before you run Kali Linux Live, or install it to your hard disk, you want to be very sure that what you’ve got actually is Kali Linux, and not an imposter. Kali Linux is a professional penetration testing and forensics toolkit. As a professional penetration tester, having absolute confidence in the integrity of your tools is critical: if your tools are not trustworthy, your investigations will not be trustworthy, either. Moreover, as the leading penetration testing distribution, Kali’s strengths mean that a bogus version of Kali Linux could do a tremendous amount of damage if it were deployed unwittingly. There are plenty of people with plenty of reason to want to stick very sketchy stuff into something that looks like Kali, and you absolutely do not want to find yourself running something like that. Avoiding this is simple: Only download Kali Linux via the official download page at kali.org/get-kali/ - you will not be able to browse to these pages without SSL; encrypting the connection makes it much harder for an attacker to use a “man-in-the-middle” attack to modify your download. There are a few potential weaknesses to even these sources - see the sections on verifying the download with the SHA256SUMS file and its signature against the official Kali Development team private key for something much closer to absolute assurance. Once you’ve downloaded an image, and before you run it, always validate that it really is what it’s supposed to be by verifying its checksum using one of the procedures detailed below. There are several methods for verifying your download. Each provides a certain level of assurance, and involves a corresponding level of effort on your part. We list 3 of these methods below: You can download an ISO image from an official Kali Linux “Downloads” mirror, calculate the ISO’s SHA256 hash and compare it by inspection with the value listed on the Kali Linux site. This is quick and easy, but potentially susceptible to subversion via a DNS poisoning: it assumes that the site to which, for example, the domain “kali.org” resolves is in fact the actual Kali Linux site. If it somehow were not, an attacker could present a “loaded” image and a matching SHA256 signature on the fake web page. See the section “Manually Verify the Signature on the ISO (Direct Download)”, below. You can download an ISO image through the torrents, and it will also pull down a file - unsigned - containing the calculated SHA256 signature. You can then use the shasum command (on Linux and macOS) or a utility (on Windows) to automatically verify that the file’s computed signature matches the signature in the secondary file. This is even easier than the “manual” method, but suffers from the same weakness: if the torrent you pulled down is not really Kali Linux, it could still have a good signature. See the section “Verify the Signature on the ISO Using the Included Signature File (Torrent Download)”, below. To be as close to absolutely certain as possible that the Kali Linux download you’ve obtained is the real thing, you can download both a cleartext signature file and and version of the same file that has been signed with the official Kali Linux private key and use GNU Privacy Guard (GPG) to first, verify that the computed SHA256 signature and the signature in the cleartext file match and second, verify that the signed version of the file containing the SHA256 hash has been correctly signed with the official key. If you use this more complicated process and successfully validate your downloaded ISO, you can proceed with pretty complete assurance that what you’ve got is the official image and that it has not been tampered with in any way. This method, while the most complex, has the advantage of providing independent assurance of the integrity of the image. The only way this method can fail is if the official Kali Linux private key is not only subverted by an attacker, but also not subsequently revoked by the Kali Linux development team. For this method, see the section on verification using the SHA256SUMS file. What do I need to do this? If you’re running on Linux, you probably already have GPG (GNU Privacy Guard) installed. If you’re on Windows or macOS, you’ll need to install the appropriate version for your platform. If you’re on a PC running Windows, download and install GPG4Win from here. If you’re on a Macintosh running macOS, download and install GPGTools from here. Alternatively, if you have Homebrewinstalled, just run brew install gnupg Once you’ve installed GPG, you’ll need to download and import a copy of the Kali Linux official key. Do this with the following command: $ wget -q -O - https://archive.kali.org/archive-key.asc | gpg --import or the command $ gpg --keyserver hkps://keys.openpgp.org --recv-key 827C8569F2518CC677FECA1AED65462EC8D5E4C5 Your output should look like this: gpg: key ED65462EC8D5E4C5: public key "Kali Linux Archive Automatic Signing Key (2025) <devel@kali.org>" imported gpg: Total number processed: 1 gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1) Verify that the key is properly installed with the command: $ gpg --fingerprint 827C8569F2518CC677FECA1AED65462EC8D5E4C5 The output will look like this: pub rsa4096 2025-04-17 [SC] [expires: 2028-04-17] 827C 8569 F251 8CC6 77FE CA1A ED65 462E C8D5 E4C5 uid [ unknown] Kali Linux Archive Automatic Signing Key (2025) <devel@kali.org> You’re now set up to validate your Kali Linux download. How Do I Verify My Downloaded Image? Manually Verify the Signature on the ISO (Direct Download) If you downloaded the ISO directly from the downloads page, verify it using the following procedure. On Linux, or macOS, you can generate the SHA256 checksum from the ISO image you’ve downloaded with the following command (assuming that the ISO image is named “kali-linux-2025.2-live-amd64.iso”, and is in your current directory): $ shasum -a 256 kali-linux-2025.2-live-amd64.iso The output should look like this: 68f1117052bb0a6aa0fc0dee3b6525de1f5bccbd74c275fb050fe357a3f318a7 kali-linux-2025.2-live-amd64.iso On Windows, you can open the command prompt and run certutil -? If certutil is available, you can run: certutil -hashfile kali-linux-2025.2-live-amd64.iso sha256 To verify your download. Certain versions of Windows do not have the native ability to calculate SHA256 checksums. If you do not have certutil installed, you can use a utility such as Microsoft File Checksum Integrity Verifieror Hashtabto verify your download. The resulting SHA256 signature: 68f1117052bb0a6aa0fc0dee3b6525de1f5bccbd74c275fb050fe357a3f318a7 Can be seen to match the signature displayed in the “sha256sum” section on the official download page for the 64-bit Intel architecture Kali Linux 2025.2 ISO image: Verify the Signature on the ISO Using the Included Signature File (Torrent Download) If you downloaded your copy of the Kali Linux ISO image via the torrents, in addition to the ISO file (e.g. kali-linux-2025.2-live-amd64.iso), there will be a second file containing the computed SHA256 signature for the ISO, with the extension “.txt.sha256sum” (e.g. kali-linux-2025.2-live-amd64.txt.sha256sum). You can use this file to verify the authenticity of your download on Linux or macOS with the following command: $ grep kali-linux-2025.2-live-amd64.iso kali-linux-2025.2-live-amd64.txt.sha256sum | shasum -a 256 -c If the image is successfully authenticated, the response will look like this: kali-linux-2025.2-live-amd64.iso: OK For Windows, provided you have certutil you can use the command above and then manually check the contents of the txt file to see if the two SHA256 sums match. If certutil is not available, any of the tools stated above would be able to provide you the SHA256 sum of your download. IMPORTANT! If you are unable to verify the authenticity of the Kali Linux image you have downloaded as described in the preceding section, do NOT use it! Using it could endanger not only your own system, but any network you connect to as well as the other systems on that network. Stop, and ensure that you have downloaded the images from a legitimate Kali Linux mirror. Verify the ISO Using the SHA256SUMS File If using Powershell on Windows you may receive a fully uppercase result. This can cause an error when comparing the two sums. Send this result through a converterto get a proper result. This is a more complex procedure, but offers a much higher level of validation: it does not rely on the integrity of the web site you downloaded the image from, only the official Kali Linux development team key that you install independently. To verify your image this way for an Intel architecture version of Kali, you will need to download three files from the Kali “Live CD Image” site for the current release (v2025.2, as of this writing): The ISO image itself (e.g. kali-linux-2025.2-live-amd64.iso) The file containing the calculated SHA256 hash for the ISO, SHA256SUMS The signed version of that file, SHA256SUMS.gpg Before verifying the checksums of the image, you must ensure that the SHA256SUMS file is the one generated by Kali Linux. That’s why the file is signed by Kali’s official key with a detached signature in SHA256SUMS.gpg. If you have not already done so, Kali’s official key can be downloaded and imported into your keychain with this command: $ wget -q -O - https://archive.kali.org/archive-key.asc | gpg --import or this command $ gpg --keyserver hkps://keys.openpgp.org --recv-key 827C8569F2518CC677FECA1AED65462EC8D5E4C5 Your output should look like this: gpg: key ED65462EC8D5E4C5: public key "Kali Linux Archive Automatic Signing Key (2025) <devel@kali.org>" imported gpg: Total number processed: 1 gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1) You should verify that the key is properly installed with the command: $ gpg --fingerprint 827C8569F2518CC677FECA1AED65462EC8D5E4C5 The output will look like this: pub rsa4096 2025-04-17 [SC] [expires: 2028-04-17] 827C 8569 F251 8CC6 77FE CA1A ED65 462E C8D5 E4C5 uid [ unknown] Kali Linux Archive Automatic Signing Key (2025) <devel@kali.org> Once you have downloaded both SHA256SUMS and SHA256SUMS.gpg, you can verify the signature as follows: $ gpg --verify SHA256SUMS.gpg SHA256SUMS gpg: Signature made Sun Apr 20 16:00:00 2025 EDT gpg: using RSA key 827C8569F2518CC677FECA1AED65462EC8D5E4C5 gpg: Good signature from "Kali Linux Archive Automatic Signing Key (2025) <devel@kali.org>" [unknown] If you do not get that “Good signature” message or if the key ID does not match, then you should stop and review whether you downloaded the images from a legitimate Kali Linux mirror. The failed verification strongly suggests that the image you have may have been tampered with. If you did get the “Good signature” response, you can now be assured that the checksum in the SHA256SUMS file was actually provided by the Kali Linux development team. All that remains to be done to complete the verification is to validate that the signature you compute from the ISO you’ve downloaded matches the one in the SHA256SUMS file. You can do that on Linux or macOS with the following command (assuming that the ISO is named “kali-linux-2025.2-live-amd64.iso” and is in your working directory): $ grep kali-linux-2025.2-live-amd64.iso SHA256SUMS | shasum -a 256 -c If the image is successfully authenticated, the response will look like this: kali-linux-2025.2-live-amd64.iso: OK If you do not get “OK” in response, then stop and review what’s happened: the Kali image you have has apparently been tampered with. Do NOT use it. Once you’ve downloaded and verified your image, you can proceed to create a bootable “Kali Linux Live” USB drive.
Kali Linux: Which Image Should I Download?
In this section, we will describe the process of installing Kali Linux on 64-bit hardware using the images published on the Kali Linux download page. Content Which image to choose Which desktop environment and software collection to choose during installation Which Image to Choose The Kali Linux download pageoffers different image types (Installer, NetInstaller and Live) for download, each available for the x86-64 (ie. 64-bit) architecture. Additionally, there is an Everything flavor of the Installer and Live images. If in doubt, use the “Installer” image. Installer This is the recommended image to install Kali Linux. It contains a local copy of the (meta)packageslisted (top10, default & large) so it can be used for complete offline installations without the need of a network connection. This image cannot be used to boot a live system (such as directly running Kali from a USB). It is only an installer image. NetInstaller This image can be used if you want the latest package every time you install Kali Linux or the standard installer image is too big to download. This image is very small because it does not contain a local copy of (meta)packagesto install. They will all be downloaded during installation, so as a result this requires a network connection which will slow down the installation time. Only use this image if you have reasons not to use the standard installer image above. This image cannot be used to boot a live system (such as directly running Kali from a USB). It is only an installer image. Live This image is for running Kali Linux without installing it first so it is perfect for running off a USB drive(or a CD/DVD). You are able to install Kali Linux in its default configuration from this image but you will not be able to choose between desktop environments or to specify additional (meta)packagesto install. Everything This image is meant for offline scenarios, when you want to use Kali Linux in a place that has no network connectivity. The image is huge (more than 9GB), as it contains nearly all of Kali’s tools already. It can be downloaded via BitTorrent only. Kali “everything” is not exactly an image, it’s a flavor. You can download either the Installer Everything image or the Live Everything image. In both case, all the tools are already there, no need for an Internet connection. Which Desktop Environment and (Meta)Packages to Choose During Installation: Each Kali Linux installer image (not live) allows the user to select the preferred “Desktop Environment (DE)” and software collection (metapackages) to be installed with operating system (Kali Linux). We recommend sticking with the default selections and add further packages after the installation as required. Xfce is the default desktop environment, and kali-linux-top10 and kali-linux-default are the tools which get installed at the same time. At this screen, you may wish to not install a desktop environment, then Kali Linux becomes “headless” (no graphic interface) which uses less system resources up and commonly found on servers, dropboxes, low powered ARM devices, and the cloud. This is meant for people who are completely comfortable with the command line. You are able to install multiple Desktop Environments, allowing you to switch, we wouldn’t recommend it. You may change your mind and switch desktop environments at a later date. May wish to not to install any of the pre-defined software packages/bundles/collections (metapackages), giving you a finer degree of control of manually installing exactly what software you want. Alternatively you may want to be more prepared and install more than the default toolset. Please be aware, that there are more tools available in Kali which has be manually installed after the setup (as they all cannot be stored in the setup image). Overall, these extra choices are for a more efficient installation experience, meant for advanced users. Please be aware of their pitfalls. The following sections in the “Kali Documentation Installation” of this documentation, will be using the “Installer” image for the guides unless stated otherwise.
Should I Use Kali Linux?
What’s Different About Kali Linux? Kali Linux is specifically geared to meet the requirements of professional penetration testing and security auditing. To achieve this, several core changes have been implemented in Kali Linux which reflect these needs: Network services disabled by default: Kali Linux contains systemd hooks that disable network servicesby default. These hooks allow us to install various services on Kali Linux, while ensuring that our distribution remains secure by default, no matter what packages are installed. Additional services such as Bluetooth are also blocklisted by default. Custom Linux kernel: Kali Linux uses an upstream kernel, patched for wireless injection. A minimal and trusted set of repositories: given the aims and goals of Kali Linux, maintaining the integrity of the system as a whole is absolutely key. With that goal in mind, the set of upstream software sources which Kali uses is kept to an absolute minimum. Many new Kali users are tempted to add additional repositories to their sources.list, but doing so runs a very serious risk of breaking your Kali Linux installation. Is Kali Linux Right For You? As the distribution’s developers, you might expect us to recommend that everyone should be using Kali Linux. The fact of the matter is, however, that Kali is a Linux distribution specifically geared towards professional penetration testers and security specialists, and given its unique nature, it is NOT a recommended distribution if you’re unfamiliar with Linux or are looking for a general-purpose Linux desktop distribution for development, web design, gaming, etc. Even for experienced Linux users, Kali can pose some challenges. Although Kali is an open source project, it’s not a wide-open source project, for reasons of security. The development teamis small and trusted, packages in the repositories are signed both by the individual committer and the team, and - importantly - the set of upstream repositories from which updates and new packages are drawn is very small. Adding repositories to your software sources which have not been tested by the Kali Linux development team is a good way to cause problems on your system. While Kali Linux is architected to be highly customizable, do not expect to be able to add random unrelated packages and repositories that are “out of band” of the regular Kali software sources and have it Just Work. In particular, there is absolutely no support whatsoever for the apt-add-repository command, LaunchPad, or PPAs. Trying to install Steam on your Kali Linux desktop is an experiment that will not end well. Even getting a package as mainstream as NodeJS onto a Kali Linux installation can take a little extra effort and tinkering. If you are unfamiliar with Linux generally, if you do not have at least a basic level of competence in administering a system, if you are looking for a Linux distribution to use as a learning tool to get to know your way around Linux, or if you want a distro that you can use as a general purpose desktop installation, Kali Linux is probably not what you are looking for. In addition, misuse of security and penetration testing tools within a network, particularly without specific authorization, may cause irreparable damage and result in significant consequences, personal and/or legal. “Not understanding what you were doing” is not going to work as an excuse. However, if you’re a professional penetration tester or are studying penetration testing with a goal of becoming a certified professional, there’s no better toolkit - at any price - than Kali Linux. Kali Linux is able to be used even if you are new to Linux. However, if you’re interested in getting hands-on with the internals of Linux, take a look at the Linux From Scratchproject. Linux From Scratch is a great resource to start your Linux journey with. Summary So, after having read this you should have figured out if Kali Linux is the distribution you were looking for or at least got an idea about your choice. If still you have not figured it out, here is a summary that will hopefully remove your remaining doubts: Kali Linux is made with pentesters and pentesting in mind so, expecting it to fit with your necessity might not be as simple even though it’s completely possible. If you are new to Linux or have less experience with command line you might find Kali Linux to be not so user-friendly, even though our developers try to make it as user-friendly as possible some things might be intimidating to you if you are new. The developers always try to make Kali Linux as much hardware compatible as possible but, still some hardware/s might not work as expected or not work at all. So, its better to research hardware compatibility beforehand rather than breaking your computer later. If you are installing Kali Linux for the first time, it is recommended to install first in Virtual Machine then, after getting familiar with it, you can install it in your own hardware. Hopefully, now you know if you need to install Kali Linux or not. If you have decided to install Kali Linux then, we welcome you to our community. If not, then see you later, and remember always “Try Harder”.
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KDE Plasma 6.3 – Pixel Perfect!
Plasma 6 aims to be the best desktop ever, and after a year of work, overcoming initial problems, fixing and perfecting, here's everything new and exciting this version brings. KDE Plasma aims to be the best platform for creativity and digital art, and Plasma 6.3 takes the next step in that direction by providing features that help artists optimize and customize their drawing tablets to their liking. The settings page has been revamped, split into multiple tabs for better organization, and new configuration options have been added to each section: Digital art You can assign a specific area of the tablet screen to the entire screen area. The tablet calibration feature has been refined to produce more accurate calibrations The pen test function displays information about tilt and pressure Customize the pressure curve and range of a pencil to cut high and/or low parts You can also reassign or swap the functions of the pen buttons. Once you've finished setting up your tablet, you can see the changes you've made using the 'Highlight Changed Settings' feature in System Settings, which is compatible with most sections of the drawing tablet. Graphic appearance The biggest news regarding graphics is a major overhaul of how fractional scaling works. In Plasma 6.3, KWin is better able to fit elements to the screen's pixel grid, greatly reducing blurring and producing sharper, more defined images. Display colors are now more accurate when using the Night Light feature with or without ICC profiles. KWin offers the option to choose the display color accuracy, although this may sometimes affect system performance. Widgets on the desktop are slightly translucent, as are pop-up windows for widgets on the dashboard. Monitoring The resource monitoring system provides more accurate information on CPU usage while consuming fewer resources. FreeBSD now also supports GPU usage monitoring. It's also much easier to monitor printers, as each printer's print queue is displayed directly in the widget. The widget also shows a small indicator on any printer currently printing, so you can see at a glance which ones are in use. Plasma already includes a variety of background services that let you know when something has gone wrong and what to do about it. New in Plasma 6.3 is a service that detects when the kernel has terminated an application because the system ran out of memory. The service displays a notification explaining what happened and suggesting ways to avoid this problem in the future. Tools Regarding specific tools: KRunner allows you to jump between categories using the Page Up/Page Down keys and the Ctrl+Up/Ctrl+Down key combinations. Discover (Plasma App Store/Software Management). A security enhancement coming to Discover highlights sandboxed apps whose permissions have been changed after an update. This allows you to verify these changes in case you suspect any suspicious behavior. Similarly, you can now see whether apps are packaged directly by their developer or verified by a third party. Weather widget now supports Deutscher Wetterdienst as a source for weather data Usability If you use a mouse on your laptop, you can set the touchpad to automatically turn off. Additionally, if you set your computer as a network access point, Plasma generates a random password so you don't have to think of one. Finding help is easier in Plasma 6.3. A “Help” category has been added to the launcher (the menu typically on the left side of the panel), and we’ve completely removed the Settings category. Its contents have been merged into the System category, reducing the number of categories that don’t offer meaningful grouping. The default start menu changes categories only when you click on them, unlike the old behavior of changing them on mouse over, although the old behavior can also be enabled. The “Show Target” option has been added to the context menu for symbolic links. The Digital Clock widget displays all your planned events for the next 5 days (giving you a complete overview of your upcoming commitments). The notification system has been improved. When you exit Do Not Disturb mode, Plasma 6.3 will no longer overwhelm you with a torrent of notifications. Instead, it will show you the number of unreviewed notifications. To avoid overwhelming you with too much information, when notifications arrive while Plasma's Do Not Disturb mode is on, exiting Do Not Disturb mode displays the number of missed notifications instead of sending them all in one giant stream. Another subtle but important change is when you drag a file out of a window that's partially underneath other windows, it no longer jumps to the top, which could obscure the location you intended to drag it to. This means the destination window always has focus. Personalization It's now possible to clone panels, change their transparency, and change the screen they appear on via scripts, which adds a certain level of automation to your setup. It is now possible to change the icons for categories displayed in the menu using the menu editor, thus making the change introduced in Plasma 6.2 more flexible. The “Edit Application…” action you run from the start menu opens the menu editor, instead of showing you the file properties. If you've ever lost a widget while customizing your system, you'll love this new feature: in Plasma 6.3, the Widget Browser gives you the ability to delete every instance of a widget, including those that have gone missing or are only present on disconnected screens. The Widget Explorer now gives you the ability to remove every instance of a widget, including those that have gone missing or are only present on disconnected screens, allowing for a cleaner setup.
HeliumOS innovative atomic operating system releases version 10
HeliumOS, an innovative atomic operating system that combines container technologies with immutable distros, is based on AlmaLinux and GNOME. Key points HeliumOS introduces a different paradigm in atomic operating systems. Based on Alma Linux, it guarantees 10 years of enterprise support. It uses innovative container technology called BootC. It implements an immutable system that restricts modifications to critical directories. It is available for installation from its website, with a process similar to Alma Linux. It allows updates via containerized images. ️ It brings a GNOME desktop environment with familiar tools and applications. Essential ideas Installation Innovation: HeliumOS uses containerized images to simplify installation, eliminating the need for a base operating system. This makes it easier to deploy in virtualized and bare metal environments. ️ ️ Combination of Technologies: By integrating container technologies with an atomic approach, HeliumOS introduces a new paradigm that can improve system management and updating. This combination holds promise for the future of desktop distributions. Alpha Status: Although HeliumOS is functional, it is in an alpha state, meaning users should be aware of potential bugs and limitations. This suggests that it is still in development and may evolve. ⚠️ ️ Installation Limitations: Due to its immutable nature, users can only install applications via Flatpak, which can be restrictive for those who prefer other installation methods. Limited Documentation Access: Currently, documentation for HeliumOS is sparse, making it difficult to fully understand its features and operation. This can be a barrier for new users. Immutability Philosophy: The immutability philosophy used in Helium OS ensures that the operating system does not degrade over time, but it may also deviate from traditional Unix principles. ⚖️ Embedded Systems Outlook: HeliumOS technology could be especially beneficial in managing embedded system updates, simplifying software deployment and maintenance on devices. HeliumOSis an atomic and immutable distribution which is built upon AlmaLinux OS. The project has published HeliumOS 10 which uses Btrfs as the default filesystem, zsh for the shell, and offers version 6.12 of the Linux kernel. "HeliumOS 10 has released with some notable changes from earlier alpha releases: Version 6.12 of the Linux kernel from AlmaLinux, signed for secure boot. zsh as default shell, with a polished and minimal configuration. BTRFS as default filesystem, with an option for LUKS full-disk encryption in the installer. Docker is installed by default, see our documentation for more details. HeliumOS build sources were migrated from a collection of Bash scripts to Ansible yaml. These are built using Podman into Bootable Container images... Two critical bugs were found and fixed during the HeliumOS 10 alpha + beta: fixed a bug through the use of HeliumOS 'Edge' edition, some devices using NVIDIA GPUs previously experienced stuttering; automatically recovers from kernel panics resulting from a bug where systemd-remount-fs.service does not function properly on bootc systems." source