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    Kali Linux

    Score7.3 out of 10
    N/AKali Linux is an open source, advanced penetration testing platform supported by Offensive Security headquartered in New York.N/A

    openSUSE Tumbleweed

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AopenSUSE is a Linux distribution. The Tumbleweed distribution is a pure rolling release version of openSUSE containing the latest "stable" versions of all software instead of relying on rigid periodic release cycles. It includes the Linux kernel, SAMBA, git, desktops, office applications and many other packages. Tumbleweed is offered to Power Users, Software Developers and openSUSE Contributors. According to the community, if the user requires the latest software stacks and Integrated…N/A
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    Kali LinuxopenSUSE Tumbleweed
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    Kali LinuxopenSUSE Tumbleweed
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Kali LinuxopenSUSE Tumbleweed
    Considered Both Products
    Offensive Security
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Best Alternatives
    Kali LinuxopenSUSE Tumbleweed
    Small Businesses
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    CentOS Linux
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Metasploit
    Score9 out of 10
    IBM AIX
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Metasploit
    Score9 out of 10
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    Score9.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Kali LinuxopenSUSE Tumbleweed
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Kali LinuxopenSUSE Tumbleweed
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Offensive Security
    Kali is quite honestly appropriate for use on a Test Lab, a Virtual Machine, it will even run on a Raspberry Pi. It is the most popular tool used in most all training courses. It can be uses in home labs, work labs and production environments to perform real life scans for vulnerabilities among other things. It is the most popular tool for Cybersecurity tool.
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    SUSE
    openSUSE Tumbleweed is best suited to developers, system administrators, and other power users. Beginning users looking for stability and less-frequent package updates will likely be served by alternatives such as openSUSE Leap.
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    Pros
    Offensive Security
    • Provides high security.
    • Does great job with penetration testing.
    • Has good number of testing tools with in.
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    SUSE
    • uses hardware too wisely.
    • easy to setup machines.
    • easy to ssh the machines hosted.
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    Cons
    Offensive Security
    • Usage wise, it is tough for use by beginners. Can be improved.
    • With Kali Linux have noticed driver related issues especially with Nvidia graphics cards.
    • Kali Linux can be improved for use as a day to day OS.
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    SUSE
    • Sometimes after system update old software configuration does not work
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    Alternatives Considered
    Offensive Security
    The hard feature to be beat Kali with is the amount of preinstalled tools. I.e. Ubuntu is great but you would have to install each and every tool separately
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    SUSE
    openSUSE Tumbleweed is a fast-moving and quick-updating Linux distribution. It aims to deliver the latest versions of software packages while being automatically tested before each release. openSUSE Leap has a slower release face and is more suited for users looking to use a certain vetted set of packages which only receive bug fixes.
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    Return on Investment
    Offensive Security
    • Till now Kali Linux have not made a single penny negative impact on our companies business , its so powerful and useful at the same time for our company.
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    SUSE
    • Easy to get into the cluster and track logs.
    • Easy to configure.
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