Kali Linux 2017.1 E17 Installation on VMware Workstation

Kali Linux 2017.1 E17 Installation on VMware Workstation

This video tutorial shows Kali Linux 2017.1 E17 (Enlightenment) installation on VMware Workstation/Player step by step. This tutorial is also helpful to install Kali Linux E17 2017 on physical computer or laptop hardware. We also install VMware Tools (Open VM Tools) on Kali Linux 2017 E17 for better performance and usability features such as Fit Guest Now, Drag-Drop File and Clipboard Sharing.

Kali Linux 2017.1 E17 Installation Steps:

1. Download Kali Linux 2017.1 E17 ISO
2. Create Virtual Machine on VMware Workstation/Player
3. Start Kali Linux 2017.1 E17 Installation
4. Setup Kali Linux E17 Networking
5. Install Lightdm Display Manager
6. Install VMware Tools (Open VM Tools)
7. Test VMware Tools Features: Fit Guest Now, Drag-Drop File and Clipboard Sharing

Installing Kali Linux 2017.1 E17 on VMware Workstation

Kali Linux 2017.1 New Features and Improvements

Kali Linux is a Debian-based distribution which features several security and forensics tools. Kali Linux 2017.1 features drivers for RTL8812AU wireless chipsets, improved GPU support and there are now Azure and AWS images of Kali Linux for cloud instances. Kali Linux 2017.1 brings with it a bunch of exciting updates and features. As with all new releases, you have the common denominator of updated packages, an updated kernel that provides more and better hardware support, as well as a slew of updated tools.
Kali Linux Website: https://www.kali.org/

What is Enlightenment (E17) Desktop Environment?

Enlightenment, also known simply as E, is a compositing and stacking window manager for the X Window System. Since version 20, Enlightenment is also a Wayland compositor. Enlightenment includes functions to provide a graphical shell, and it can be used in conjunction with programs written for GNOME or KDE. When used together with the Enlightenment Foundation Libraries (EFL), Enlightenment can refer to an entire desktop environment. The window manager is a lean, fast, modular and very extensible window manager for X11 and Linux. It is classed as a “desktop shell” providing the things you need to operate your desktop (or laptop), but is not a whole application suite. This covers launching applications, managing their windows and doing other system tasks like suspending, reboots, managing files etc. Enlightenment is built on top of EFL, using the libraries we wrote for it to do its UI as well as to run the entire compositor itself. This means that any improvements to EFL turn up in the compositor as well.
Enlightenment Website https://www.enlightenment.org/

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