Kali on the Windows Subsystem for Linux

Published

2018-01-10 00:00

Collected

2026-07-01 08:45

---
id: 90
title: "Kali on the Windows Subsystem for Linux"
source_domain: kali.org
source_url: "https://www.kali.org/blog/kali-on-the-windows-subsystem-for-linux/"
published_at: "2018-01-10T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["windows", "virtualization", "kali-linux", "wsl", "metasploit", "deprecated-content"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/90"
lang: en
---

# Kali on the Windows Subsystem for Linux

## Summary

A now-outdated walkthrough of running Kali on Windows 10's WSL via the Distribution Switcher utility, noting limits like missing raw sockets, with Metasploit Framework shown running under WSL.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** kali.org
- **Published:** 2018-01-10T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.kali.org/blog/kali-on-the-windows-subsystem-for-linux/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/90