Security News > 2022 > May > Kali Linux 2022.2 released with 10 new tools, WSL improvements, and more
Kali Linux is a Linux distribution for cybersecurity professionals and ethical hackers to perform penetration testing, security audits, and research against internal and remote networks.
"The shell theme now includes a more modern look, removing the arrows from the pop-up menus and using more rounded edges. In addition, we've upgraded and tweaked the dash-to-dock extension, making it integrate better with the new look and fixing some bugs," the Kali Team explains in a new blog post.
For those running Kali Linux under the Windows Subsystem for Linux, the Kali team released Win-KeX to allow you to launch GUI applications using WSL-G. However, users could not launch GUI applications as 'root' using this tool.
New Kali versions bring new tools to play with, and Kali Linux 2022.2 doesn't disappoint.
To start using Kali Linux 2022.2, you can upgrade your existing installation or download ISO images for new installs and live distributions.
While we only shared the highlighted improvements in Kali 2022.2, you can view the complete changelog at Kali's website.