New supported devices include the OnePlus 6/6T, SHIFT SHIFT6mq, and Xiaomi Pocophone F1. Kali NetHunter Pro images are now available for smartphones using the Qualcomm Snapdragon SDM845 SoC (System on a Chip). Support for the Raspberry Pi 4 Compute Module Wi-Fi device has been added, and the Raspberry Pi 5 kernel version has been updated to 6.6. The Pinebook kernel has been restored to 6.1 owing to graphical problems and the LCD not working on newer kernels.
Kali Linux 2024.3 Release (Multiple transitions)
With summer coming to an end, so are package migrations, and Kali 2024.3 can now be released. You can now start downloading or upgrading if you have an existing Kali installation.
The summary of the changelog since the 2024.2 release from June is:
- Qualcomm NetHunter Pro Devices - Qualcomm Snapdragon SDM845 SoC now supported
- New Tools - 11x new tools in your arsenal
Our focus has been on a lot of behind the scenes updates and optimizations since the last release. There have been some messy migrations, with multiple stacks, all interrelating (transition have been like buses, all coming at once!). After the t64 transition finished up, it was straight into multiple other transitions: GCC 14, the glibc 2.40, and Python 3.12.
This last one is the most significant! This new Python release removed some long-deprecated APIs, breaking a fair number of packages. We have been busy fixing it all (weeks of work!), we are almost there, Python 3.12 will be the default in the next version of Kali - 2024.4. With Python 3.12, there will be a major change for users: it won’t be possible to install Python packages with
pipanymore. We wrote about that a year ago already, we invite you to read that again if you are an avid user ofpip.
Kali Linux 2024.3 Release (Multiple transitions) | Kali Linux Blog
