Kali Linux 2017.1 KDE Plasma Installation on VMware Workstation

Kali Linux 2017.1 KDE Plasma Installation on VMware Workstation

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

Kali Linux 2017.1 KDE Plasma Installation Steps:

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

Installing Kali Linux 2017.1 KDE Plasma 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 KDE Desktop?

The KDE Community is an international technology team dedicated to creating a free and user-friendly computing experience, offering an advanced graphical desktop, a wide variety of applications for communication, work, education and entertainment and a platform to easily build new applications upon.  In this regard, the resources provided by KDE make it a central development hub and home for many popular applications and projects like Calligra Suite, Krita, digiKam, and many others.
KDE Website: https://www.kde.org/

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