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That's it, you now have an operational Kali VM. The default credentials for the Kali VM are "kali/kali". You'll probably want to change that password. To learn more about using Kali Linux, check out the [Kali Linux Docs](https://www.kali.org/docs/). You'll need to get comfortable using Linux to be proficient at Hack the Box Labs. That's it, you now have an operational Kali VM. The default credentials for the Kali VM are "kali/kali". You'll probably want to change that password. To learn more about using Kali Linux, check out the [Kali Linux Docs](https://www.kali.org/docs/). You'll need to get comfortable using Linux to be proficient at Hack the Box Labs.
## Keep it Updated
Kali recommends checking for updates every few weeks. Kali does not automatically pull in updates so you have to do it yourself. [This page] of the Kali docs go over how to install updates. The two commands you need to use are:
```shell
kali@kali:~$ sudo apt update
kali@kali:~$ sudo apt full-upgrade -y
```
## Other options ## Other options
- [Parrot](https://parrotsec.org/) is another good Linux distribution for hacking. - [Parrot](https://parrotsec.org/) is another good Linux distribution for hacking.
- [VMware Workstation Player](https://www.vmware.com/products/player.com.html) is a different desktop virtualization platform. - [VMware Workstation Player](https://www.vmware.com/products/player.com.html) is a different desktop virtualization platform.