Evolution of Kali Linux

Evolution of Kali Linux

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Date Release
May 26, 2006 First stable release of BackTrack
October 13, 2006 BackTrack 2 beta #1 released
November 19, 2006 BackTrack 2 beta #2 released
March 6, 2007 BackTrack 2 final released
December 14, 2008 BackTrack 3 beta released
June 19, 2008 BackTrack 3 final released
February 11, 2009 BackTrack 4 beta released
January 9, 2010 BackTrack 4 final release
May 8, 2010 BackTrack 4 R1 release
November 22, 2010 BackTrack 4 R2 release
May 10, 2011 BackTrack 5 release
August 18, 2011 BackTrack 5 R1 release
March 1, 2012 BackTrack 5 R2 release
August 13, 2012 BackTrack 5 R3 release

All Versions of Kali Linux ----- BIRTH YEAR ---- 13th March, 2013

Kali 2021.1 – 24th February, 2021 – The first 2021 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 5.10.0, Xfce 4.16.1
Kali 2020.4 – 18th November, 2020 – The fourth 2020 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 5.9.0, Xfce 4.14.4
Kali 2020.3 – 18th August, 2020 – The third 2020 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 5.7.0, Xfce 4.14.4
Kali 2020.2 – 12th May, 2020 – The second 2020 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 5.5.0, Xfce 4.14.4
Kali 2020.1b – 18th March, 2020 – Minor bug fix release (Offline setup issue).
Kali 2020.1a – 13th February, 2020 – Minor bug fix release (xserver-xorg issue).
Kali 2020.1 – 28th January, 2020 – The first 2020 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 5.4.0, Xfce 4.14.2
Kali 2019.4 – 26th November, 2019 – The fourth 2019 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 5.3.9, Xfce 4.14.1
Kali 2019.3 – 2nd September, 2019 – The third 2019 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 5.2.9, GNOME 3.30.2
Kali 2019.2 – 21st May, 2019 – The second 2019 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 4.19.28, GNOME 3.30.2
Kali 2019.1a – 4th March, 2019 – Minor bug fix release (VMware Installer).
Kali 2019.1 – 18th February, 2019 – The first 2019 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 4.19.13, GNOME 3.30.2
Kali 2018.4 – 29th October, 2018 – The fourth 2018 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 4.18.0, GNOME 3.30.1
Kali 2018.3 – 27th August, 2018 – The third 2018 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 4.17.0, GNOME 3.28.2
Kali 2018.2 – 30th April, 2018 – The second 2018 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 4.15.0, GNOME 3.28.0
Kali 2018.1 – 6th February, 2018 – The first 2018 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 4.14.12, GNOME 3.26.2
Kali 2017.3 – 21st November, 2017 – The third 2017 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 4.13, GNOME 3.26
Kali 2017.2 – 20th September, 2017 – The second 2017 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 4.12, GNOME 3.25.
Kali 2017.1 – 25th April, 2017 – The first 2017 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 4.9, GNOME 3.22.
Kali 2016.2 – 31st August, 2016 – The second 2016 Kali Rolling release. Kernel 4.6, GNOME 3.20.2.
Kali 2016.1 – 21st January, 2016 – The first Kali Rolling release. Kernel 4.3, GNOME 3.18.
Kali 2.0 – 11th August, 2015 – Major release, “safi", now a rolling distribution, major UI changes.
Kali 1.1.0a – 13th March, 2015 – No fanfare release fixing kernel ABI inconsistencies in the installers.
Kali 1.1.0 - 9th Febuary, 2015 - First dot release in 2 years. New kernel, new tools and updates.
Kali 1.0.9a - 6th October, 2014 - Security bug fix release covering shellshock and Debian apt vulnerabilities.
Kali 1.0.9 - 25th August, 2014 - Bug fix release including installer and a set of tool updates and package fixes.
Kali 1.0.8 - 22nd July, 2014 - EFI Support for our) and package fixes.
Kali 1.0.7 - 27th May, 2014 - Kernel 3.14, tool updates, package fixes, Kali Live Encrypted USB Persistence.
Kali 1.0.6 - 9th January, 2014 - Kernel 3.12, cryptsetup nuke option, Amazon AMI, ARM build scripts.
Kali 1.0.5 - 5th September, 2013 - Bug fix rollup. LVM Encrypted installs, Software Defined Radio (SDR) tools.
Kali 1.0.4 - 25th July, 2013 - Bug fix rollup. Penetration testing tool additions and updates.
Kali 1.0.3 - 26th April, 2013 - Bug fix rollup. New accessibility features. Added live Desktop installer.
Kali 1.0.2 - 27th March, 2013 - Minor Bug fix release and update roll-up.
Kali 1.0.1 - 14th March, 2013 - Minor Bug fix release (USB Keyboard).
Kali 1.0.0 - 13th March, 2013 - Initial release, “moto".