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Kali Linux vs NixOS: What are the differences?
What is 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.
What is NixOS? A Linux distribution built on top of the Nix package manager. It is a Linux distribution with a unique approach to package and configuration management. Built on top of the Nix package manager, it is completely declarative, makes upgrading systems reliable, and has many other advantages.
Kali Linux and NixOS can be categorized as "Operating Systems" tools.
Pros of Kali Linux
- Penetration testing tools are pre-installed8
- Has many penetration testing tools8
- Runs on both x86 and ARM platforms5
- Its just debian so it has better support3
- There's no restrictions1
Pros of NixOS
- Atomic upgrades3
- Declarative system configuration2
- Multi-user package management2
- Reproducible environment2
- Rollback for any changes2
- Cloud Agnostic Deployments1
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Cons of Kali Linux
- Wireless driver issues on some systems3
- Packages are too large in size as compare to alpine3
- Outdated versions of common packages3
- Root GUI setup is a potential security hole2
