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Kali Linux vs Raspbian: 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 Raspbian? A free operating system based on Debian. It is optimized for the Raspberry Pi hardware. It provides more than a pure OS: it comes with over 35,000 packages, pre-compiled software bundled in a nice format for easy installation on your Raspberry Pi.
Kali Linux and Raspbian can be primarily classified as "Operating Systems" tools.
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
Pros of Raspbian
- Runs well on rpi7
- Easy to use with little experience2
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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- Outdated versions of common packages2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
Cons of Raspbian
- Desktop enviroment is unstable3
