new Kali Linux GUI on Windows 10 (WSL 2) // 2020.3 Release

Kali Linux released their latest version, giving us a ton of cool things like:

-an upgrade to our WSL 2 GUI experience in Windows 10

-Starting the move from BASH to ZSH

🔦🔦🔦COMMANDS:🔦🔦🔦

(install win-kex)
⚙️ sudo apt upgrade && sudo apt install kali-win-kex -y

BASH to ZSH
(if you upgraded to 2020.3)
⚙️ cp /etc/skel/.zshrc ~/

(if you are NOT on 2020.3 and just want to install ZSH)
⚙️ sudo apt install zsh zsh-syntax-highlighting zsh-autosuggestions


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[NetworkChuck]

Kali Linux released their latest version, giving us a ton of cool things like:

-an upgrade to our WSL2 GUI experience in Windows 10

-Starting the move from BASH to ZSH

[rscottyh_dev]

Update: 2022.3 has zsh by default; very nice, very slick! Took a little bit of time (< 12 min.), but Win-KeX installed without a hitch. On first launch, asks to set a TigerVNC Server 'View-Only' password. Afterward launches as expected -- pretty cool! Thanks for the info 🙂

[abcqwertz]

The trick with "sudo !!" does work in bash too!

[uwu_peter]

the install win-kex command doesn´t work.
Use: " sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y && sudo apt install kali-win-kex -y " instead without the quotes.

[chicocifrado]

this is so cool! I'm getting my OSCP this next weekend and already had Ubuntu installed in my Windows 10 host just for fun. This is fenomenal! Thanks for sharing handsome beard man!!

[pocayuela]

For the ones that have this problem: Sanyam Kaul's answer on David Bombal's Kali WSL2 video. Thank you Sanyam!
Sanyam Kaul
1 week ago
For the ones facing the issue, " Failed to run child process: dbus-launch" while signing in to kali GUI on remote desktop, install dbus-x11 using command - "sudo apt install dbus-x11" on kali terminal, update kali using command- "sudo apt update" and then reconnect to the remote desktop. It worked for me.

[minutelinux]

Every time I watch one of your vids I upgrade my skills. Many many thanks !

[shivushankar]

Those who are facing the issue like enable to find the package this is for them
Step-1:open the power shell
Step-2:Type Kali and enter
Step-3:use the same command "sudo apt upgrade && sudo apt install Kali-win-kex "

[franklinalterio]

Nice job with the video. I wanted to point out that "sudo !!" also works on bash. It pulls the last command from your command history.

[dominick]

Wow this is exactly what I was looking for!!! Full gui and all of the tools! and for some reason i really need apt and not pacman. IDK why but I think pacman is a stupid name.

[santiago]

Someone help me pls with this error...

TigerVNC Viewer 32-bit v1.10.80
Built on: 2020-06-15 22:33
Copyright (C) 1999-2020 TigerVNC Team and many others (see README.rst)

Wed Aug 19 23:22:57 2020
DecodeManager: Detected 8 CPU core(s)
DecodeManager: Creating 4 decoder thread(s)

Wed Aug 19 23:22:59 2020
CConn: unable to connect to socket: No connection could be made because
the target machine actively refused it. (10061)

[myhackertech]

Great Video! Maybe it is just me, but I feel like running Kali on a standalone machine is the best experience vs running on Windows.

[kayzweller_dj]

OMG YES!!!! Intellisense kinda stuff on a Terminal is huge update!

[williamvo]

Second dibs! Keep up the marvelous work on your channel, Chuck! It's very inspiring!

[deepinu]

For complete NEWBS like me, far too often this sweet tutorials are ALWAYS STILL assuming you've done a previous set of steps and fail to realize this command would work without prior doing so - yet fail to mention those previous step(s).

Windows 10 Pro
UEFI WSL installed and updated. Kali Linux from Windows Store installed successfully: loads in CLI

Watched this video but the code: sudo apt upgrade && sudo apt install win-kex -y
doesn't work without first entering this code: sudo apt update

once done THEN this cmd will work: sudo apt upgrade && sudo apt install win-kex -y.
Cheers

[philmaurer]

!! exists in Bash as well, its part of the "history" aspects in bash

[shivkj]

was here for Linux Kali for now switching to ZSH in my existing Linux distro :D

[minashi]

I keep trying to install kali-win-hex but it keeps throwing this error:
Errors were encountered while processing:

E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Not sure what's going on, already tried looking it up and no solutions.

[IanKen]

Tips...
If you close/logout of Kali and try to login again with Kex you may get a blank screen to fix this open Kali from windows you will get a terminal. Then enter
Kex stop
The type kex to start again
Fixed.
Also if you want the full version of Kali as this is the lite version type : sudo apt install kali-linux-large

[joelstolarski]

Thank you for your work on these tutorials.