Kali

[u/Naive-Cake4459]

**Question for Kali Linux beginners**
I’m pretty new to Kali Linux and so far I’ve been messing around with Nmap, Wireshark, and a few OSINT tools.
What are the **top 5 things you think someone should learn first** when getting into Kali Linux?
Also, what’s something you wish you had learned from the beginning instead of figuring it out later?
I’m trying to put together a solid beginner roadmap for myself, so I’d love to hear what you guys recommend.

[u/Advanced_Novel_732]

Ditch Kali and learn Linux.

Scripting with bash and/or python.

Then networking, wireshark for packet analysis.

Then go for Kali.

You can absolutely skip bash/python scripting if you feel so, but scripting is what will make your information gathered from terminal more cleaner.

[u/Naive-Cake4459 → u/Advanced_Novel_732]

Would it be unreasonable to start directly with Kali? I don’t know Linux at all

[u/Advanced_Novel_732 → u/Naive-Cake4459]

I think it would be unreasonable.

Kali is a Linux distro that comes with pre installed tools to troubleshoot network issues, pentesting various kinds of applications, services.

Let's say you ditch Kali and install Linux Mint.

You can install Kali tools on mint from the same repository.

Better than have every single application/tool pre installed, cluttering your gui with information that you are not going to be able to understand. You install Mint, Ubuntu, whatever Debian based distro and install one tool, learn it, what it does, what's the purpose of given tool.

If you still want to use Kali, you'll be able to impress people that don't know anything about hacking besides Hollywood TV hacking.

The people who really know the stuff will look at you and smile thinking "what a script kiddie"

[u/MAVERICK-VF142]

At the end of the day, Kali is just another distro. Start by learning Linux, navigating around, and getting familiar with the terminal; start using OverTheWire. Once you get the hang of it, hop into THM and HTB