Kali Linux froze while Booting at the Dragon Logo

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So i bought a new notebook, on which i tried to install Kali Linux through USB etc.
I tried to start it and now its just frozen right after or while the Dragon logo appeared.
It just shows me that screen, i cant reboot, i cant kill Linux, i cant do Anything just look at this wonderful screen.
Im totally clueless at this point.
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Sorry to say,
firstly, if it is the latest notebook, then there may be components that Linux drivers are as yet not available.
Secondly, Kali is NOT for beginners, the distribution is so constructed that you need to be an experienced Linux user and be fully conversant with the terminal and the main commands to enable you to install it
this from the Kali pages [if you have not already seen it.
""
As the distribution’s developers, you might expect us to recommend that everyone should be using Kali Linux. The fact of the matter is, however, that Kali is a Linux distribution specifically geared towards professional penetration testers and security specialists, and given its unique nature, it is NOT a recommended distribution if you’re unfamiliar with Linux or are looking for a general-purpose Linux desktop distribution for development, web design, gaming, etc.

Even for experienced Linux users, Kali can pose some challenges. Although Kali is an open source project, it’s not a wide-open source project, for reasons of security. The development team is small and trusted, packages in the repositories are signed both by the individual committer and the team, and - importantly - the set of upstream repositories from which updates and new packages are drawn is very small. Adding repositories to your software sources which have not been tested by the Kali Linux development team is a good way to cause problems on your system.""

You can install any Linux that will work on your machine, and once you are familiar with how it works and the terminal commands, you can install the Pen-testing tools to that distribution or try again to install Kali, there are 4 or 5 other distributions designed for professional pentesters, some are far easier to install, but If you are a beginner do not expect to get any support from their own sites as you are expected to have a fair amount of knowledge first
 
I understand.
Is there still ANY way to shutdown this nonsense, so i can install Linux Mint?
Or is my only way out to wait until the battery dies?
Thank a lot for your answer.
Sorry to say,
firstly, if it is the latest notebook, then there may be components that Linux drivers are as yet not available.
Secondly, Kali is NOT for beginners, the distribution is so constructed that you need to be an experienced Linux user and be fully conversant with the terminal and the main commands to enable you to install it
this from the Kali pages [if you have not already seen it.
""
As the distribution’s developers, you might expect us to recommend that everyone should be using Kali Linux. The fact of the matter is, however, that Kali is a Linux distribution specifically geared towards professional penetration testers and security specialists, and given its unique nature, it is NOT a recommended distribution if you’re unfamiliar with Linux or are looking for a general-purpose Linux desktop distribution for development, web design, gaming, etc.

Even for experienced Linux users, Kali can pose some challenges. Although Kali is an open source project, it’s not a wide-open source project, for reasons of security. The development team is small and trusted, packages in the repositories are signed both by the individual committer and the team, and - importantly - the set of upstream repositories from which updates and new packages are drawn is very small. Adding repositories to your software sources which have not been tested by the Kali Linux development team is a good way to cause problems on your system.""

You can install any Linux that will work on your machine, and once you are familiar with how it works and the terminal commands, you can install the Pen-testing tools to that distribution or try again to install Kali, there are 4 or 5 other distributions designed for professional pentesters, some are far easier to install, but If you are a beginner do not expect to get any support from their own sites as you are expected to have a fair amount of knowledge first
 
Is there still ANY way to shutdown this nonsense, so i can install Linux Mint?
Try press and hold the on button down for 60 seconds
First what is the full make and model number of the netbook, so we can check the specifications
second, which OS did it come with,
third, what did you use to burn the ISO to the pen drive
 
Is there still ANY way to shutdown this nonsense, so i can install Linux Mint?
Or is my only way out to wait until the battery dies?
Just hold down the power button for about 10-15 seconds and the laptop will power off.
 
Yuux ..have you found the solution?
How did you turned off the pc?
 
I still say "Mr. Robot" has got a LOT to answer for.....

Every Linux forum I've ever come across, when they find out the OP is trying to install Kali - and especially when they turn out to be a beginner - either jeers at them, and makes fun of 'em.......or else, outright ignores them. Naturally, the potential Kali "noob" can't understand why.....

The whole point about installing Kali is that

  • a) You need, as Brickwizard says, to be fully conversant (and very comfortable) with Linux as a whole, and
  • b) If you need to ask, then you don't have the expected (or required) knowledge.....and need to go away and gain a LOT more experience.

But folks will never learn. Not so long as they have a hole in their backsides. (Sorry, but I'm just telling it like it is.)

Unless you intend to train as a pen-tester, or go into computer security as a full-fledged professional, then you've got no business even considering using Kali. But hey! I just KNOW I'm wasting my time trying to tell 'em. So I don't, as a general rule of thumb, tend to bother.


Mike. o_O
 
Yuux ..have you found the solution?
How did you turned off the pc?
Did you try pressing and holding the power button as was suggested above?

It might also help if you share what make and model PC that you have with the power problem.

I still say "Mr. Robot" has got a LOT to answer for.....
True or not, it does not help @Judson answer their power-off question.
 
True or not, it does not help @Judson answer their power-off question.

Have to disagree there, but don't think for a moment any of the following is directed personally at you, it is more for The Viewers in general.

Has the new Member even read #4 or #5?

Has he read either of the two (2) Posts Locked and Pinned at the top of the Kali subforum?

I'd doubt it.

The Kali subforum was only put in place in August 2015. It is in to page 19, with 367 threads, at an average of about 1 a week.

Four (4) of the threads are by Staff, and of the remainder, probably 340 of them are a waste of time and space.

Mike Walsh may only have been with this site for 7 months, but I have known Mike for nearly 7 years, through another Forum. He is likely as well-versed as I for seeing these sorts of threads and posts.

Kali themselves have this, which is worth reading

https://www.kali.org/docs/introduction/should-i-use-kali-linux/

As for the OP here, he has not been seen since the day he posted (run your mouse over his avatar), but at least he said

Is there still ANY way to shutdown this nonsense, so i can install Linux Mint?

Thank a lot for your answer.

I hope he installed Mint, and began to really learn something.

Friday here in Oz so cheers, enjoy your Linux (anything but Kali) and

Avagudweegend

Wizard
 
To be fair, I can not really disagree, I do believe that some users install Kali Linux because of Mr. Robot, because they heard that it is a hacking distro, or they think that Linux is for hackers, and in some cases because they like the aesthetic of Kali Linux.

Especially when a Google Search of Linux for Hackers presents you with adverts such as these:

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P.S: I also really hope that OP has installed Linux Mint and started a proper journey into learning Linux, it is a truly worthwhile and exciting journey.
 
To be fair, I can not really disagree, I do believe that some users install Kali Linux because of Mr. Robot, because they heard that it is a hacking distro, or they think that Linux is for hackers, and in some cases because they like the aesthetic of Kali Linux.

Especially when a Google Search of Linux for Hackers presents you with adverts such as these:

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P.S: I also really hope that OP has installed Linux Mint and started a proper journey into learning Linux, it is a truly worthwhile and exciting journey.
^^ +1 !! Says it all, really.

Couldn't have put it better myself.....especially the last sentence. You never stop learning with Linux; every day, there's something new to discover, another way of doing the same thing, a new way of achieving something that then makes something else work better.....etc., etc.

I've had way more fun the last 9 years with Linux than I ever had for the whole of the 30 before that with the various versions of Windows. I was with XP for the whole of its 13-yr life, and by the time EOL rolled around, I was absolutely sick of it.....

And then Linux breathed sweet, fresh air into my life!


Mike. :)
 
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Many moons ago, one of our veteran Puppy community members - who went by the handle of Q5Sys - put together AttackPup. It was based around the concept of BackTrack, as it was then, and only included what he considered to be the most likely to use tools. Which is why it was only a fraction of the size of BackTrack itself:-


Even today, any of the 'buntu-based Puppies can simply be turned into a far more user-friendly 'pentest' OS, by just downloading/installing whichever of Kali's tools you might decide you want. But that's very much a 'personal project' for any user, since it's not something any of our current members really have any interest in....


Mike. :)
 
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^^ +1 !! Says it all, really.

Couldn't have put it better myself.....especially the last sentence. You never stop learning with Linux; every day, there's something new to discover, another way of doing the same thing, a new way of achieving something that then makes something else work better.....etc., etc.

I've had way more fun the last 9 years with Linux than I ever had for the whole of the 30 before that with the various versions of Windows. I was with XP for the whole of its 13-yr life, and by the time EOL rolled around, I was absolutely sick of it.....

And then Linux breathed sweet, fresh air into my life!


Mike. :)
It is very true, there is always something new to try on Linux, and it advances in such big strides in comparison to Windows and macOS.

My Linux journey begun ~18 years ago with Ubuntu after acquiring a laptop computer of my own, I became interested in alternate operating systems that were not Windows some time before that, but I had no permission to modify the family computer in such a drastic way.
 

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