Kali Linux 2025.4 Released With 3 New Tools, Desktop Updates

Kali Linux has released version 2025.4, its final update of the year, introducing three new tools, desktop environment improvements, and enhanced Wayland support.

Kali Linux is a distribution designed for cybersecurity professionals and ethical hackers to perform red-teaming, penetration testing, security assessments, and network research.

The distribution is available as an installable operating system or a live environment and supports a wide range of hardware, including Raspberry Pi devices and compatible Android phones through Kali NetHunter.

Every new Kali release brings a few fresh tools to play with, and this update is no exception.

Kali Linux 2025.4 brings many new updates to its desktop environments, including Gnome 49, KDE Plasma, and Xfce.

GNOME 49 includes refreshed themes, a new Showtime video player, reorganized tool folders in the app grid, and new shortcuts for quickly opening a terminal. GNOME also entirely removes X11 support in this release, now running solely on Wayland.

The developers also added support for keyboard shortcuts to open a terminal quickly.

"Another quality-of-life improvement is the addition of a shortcut to quickly open a terminal (finally!), using Ctrl+Alt+T or Win+T - just like in our other desktops," explains the Kali Linux 2025.4 announcement.

KDE Plasma has been updated to version 6.5, introducing improved window tiling, an enhanced screenshot tool, easier clipboard access, and more flexible fuzzy search in KRunner.

Xfce now supports color themes that offer functionality similar to that already available in GNOME and KDE, allowing users to adjust icons and interface colors more easily.

Source: BleepingComputer