

Installed with the VBoxGuestAdditions.iso file

Requires additional conversion utility for more VM types VMware VSphere and Cloud Air (on VMware Workstation) VMDK, Microsoft’s VHD, HDD, QED, Vagrant, Docker Up to OpenGL 3.3, DirectX 10 Max of 2GB of video memory 3D acceleration enabled by default Up to OpenGL 3.0 and Direct3D 9 Max of 128 MB of video memory 3D acceleration enabled manually USB 2.0/3.0 support requires the Extension Pack (free) NAT, Bridged, Host-only + Virtual network editor (on VMware workstation and Fusion Pro) Not attached, NAT, NAT Network, Bridged adapter, Internal network, Host-only adapter, Generic (UDP, VDE) Preallocated: provisioned disks Dynamically allocated: thin-provisioned disks Preallocated: fixed disks Dynamically allocated: dynamically allocated disks Snapshots only supported on paid virtualization products, not on VMware Workstation Player Graphical User Interface (GLI) and Command Line Interface (CLI) Linux, Windows, Solaris, FreeBSD + macOS (with VMware Fusion) Linux, Windows + macOS (requires VMware Fusion) Here most of the people are a little bit confused because they don’t know which one is better either Virtual Box or VMware. Kali Linux is a Debian-based Linux distribution aimed at advance Penetration Testing and Security Auditing.On the official Kali Linux website, Virtual images are available for VMware and Virtual Box. Kali contains several hundred tools aimed at various information security tasks, such as Penetration Testing, Forensics and Reverse Engineering. Kali Linux is developed, funded and maintained by Offensive Security.

It was released on the 13th March 2013 as a complete top-to-bottom rebuild of BackTrack Linux, adhering completely to Debian development standards. The first thing to get straight is if your looking for a distribution to learn Linux or are looking for a general-purpose Linux desktop distribution, web design, gaming etc Kali should not be your first choice. Instead go for a Linux distribution like Ubuntu or Mint. There is a version of Kali for almost every type of computer, from raspberry pi to Chromebooks, they have a more light weight versions for older PCs or for customizing your own image, there is even pre-built virtual machine that you just load into VirtualBox or VMware. The version of Kali we are going to be installing now is Kali 2016.2 64bit GNOME 3 version which normally can be found at the top of there download page and ill be installing it into VirtualBox.

Theirs a quick how to install VirtualBox in my Setup a Hacking Lab tutorial but otherwise i will assume this is already installed. So download the ISO, Open up virtual box and we can get started. Once VirtualBox is open click New and you should be presented with a Create Virtual Machine window. Start of by adding a name for your Kali VM, changing the Type to linux and the version to Debian (64-bit).
