If you want to use Kali Linux but don't want to boot from it, install Kali Linux in a VirtualBox VM on Windows 11/10 using the steps mentioned earlier.

If you want to install Kali Linux on Hyper-V in Windows 11/10, enable Hyper-V Manager and then follow the steps mentioned here.

Kali Linux recently released the Win-KeX desktop environment for WSL 2. Here's a quick guide on how to install it and Kali Linux from scratch and how to upgrade WSL 1 Kali Linux installations.

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If you want to get some of the power of Kali Linux on your Ubuntu distribution, Jack Wallen shows you how to do so with the Katoolin install script.

Now, before I show you how to install this new tool, you must have Kali Linux installed with the btrfs file system.

In addition to their full distribution, Kali Linux offers Light and Mini versions. Here's how I got on with them.