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Fedora vs Kali Linux: What are the differences?
Fedora: Operating system based on the Linux kernel, developed by the community-supported Fedora Project. Fedora is a Linux-based operating system that provides users with access to the latest free and open source software, in a stable, secure and easy to manage form. Fedora is the largest of many free software creations of the Fedora Project. Because of its predominance, the word "Fedora" is often used interchangeably to mean both the Fedora Project and the Fedora operating system; Kali Linux: Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking Linux Distribution. It is a Debian-based Linux distribution aimed at advanced Penetration Testing and Security Auditing. It contains several hundred tools which are geared towards various information security tasks, such as Penetration Testing, Security research, Computer Forensics and Reverse Engineering.
Fedora and Kali Linux can be primarily classified as "Operating Systems" tools.
Pros of Fedora
- Great for developers17
- Great integration with system tools8
- Good release schedule8
- Represents the future of rhel/centos8
- Reliable6
- Docker integration5
- Fast5
- Great for ops teams3
- Has SeLinux3
- Awesome community2
- Complies with International Standard2
- Python distribution2
- Latest packages2
- Updated with Bleeding-edge software2
Pros of Kali Linux
- Penetration testing tools are pre-installed7
- Has many penetration testing tools7
- Runs on both x86 and ARM platforms4
- Its just debian so it has better support2
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Cons of Fedora
- Bugs get fixed slowly from kernel side1
- Systemd1
- Much less support from Wiki1
- Boring1
- Less packages in official repository1
- A bit complicated1
- Slightly difficult to install for beginners0
Cons of Kali Linux
- Outdated versions of common packages2
- Root GUI setup is a potential security hole2
- Packages are too large in size as compare to alpine2
- Wireless driver issues on some systems1