A new version of Kali 2023.2 was released last week.

The new features of this version are:

• New VM image for Hyper-V – With “Enhanced Session Mode” out of the box
• Xfce audio stack update: enters PipeWire – Better audio for Kali’s default desktop
• i3 desktop overhaul – i3-gaps merged with i3
• Desktop updates – Easy hashing in Xfce
• GNOME 44 – Gnome Shell version bump
• Icons & menus updates – New apps and icons in menu
• New tools – As always, various new packages added

How to update an existing installation:
(As descrived in the Kali blog post)

$ echo "deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free non-free-firmware" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list
$ sudo apt update && sudo apt -y full-upgrade
$ cp -vrbi /etc/skel/. ~/
$ [ -f /var/run/reboot-required ] && sudo reboot -f

┌──(ruben㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ grep VERSION /etc/os-release 
VERSION_ID="2023.2"
VERSION="2023.2"
VERSION_CODENAME=kali-rolling

┌──(ruben㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ uname -v 
#1 SMP Debian 6.1.27-1kali1 (2023-05-12)

┌──(ruben㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ uname -r  
6.1.0-kali9-arm64

Happy hacking! 😈

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