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Why is kali always in these memes? Does anyone actually use it?
You're not supposed to, which means that lots of people probably do.
Yes and yes.
It's a very easy way to have all the pen testing software you want when you wanna feel like a hacker.
Sounds stressful.
Is it not like having a stockpile of live weapons where you have to keep checking if the safeties are on?
Not really. You're not at much risk of harming yourself with the tools, and if an attacker is already on your system able to execute arbitrary software, you're already pretty well pwned
Which isn't to say it doesn't present any risk, just that it's relatively negligible in a personal computing environment. In a corporate environment, you'd need strict controls on who can use those tools and when
I used it as a daily driver for the last couple years on one of my laptops
I like Debian and work in cybersecurity. I'd have to install all these tools anyway, so it made sense. Turns out OffSec doesn't bother testing persistent installs. The stability as absolutely atrocious. I run into so many issues because they change things like the audio manager and I end up with both trying to run in parallel
Most people still say you're not supposed to use it because of security issues. Those aren't a concern these days. Lack of upgrade stability is the real reason not to have a persistent install, especially on bare metal
As many as are driving the correspondig vehicle legally on streets.