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Kali was built out as a penetration testing distro, though it does contain some diagnostic tools.
Not a bad place to start if you’re used to Debian, but it is a rolling release so it may break unexpectedly, or have new bugs introduced with each update.
A persistent USB with just Debian could have all the same tools installed but have a longer support scope on releases so you don’t have to update daily (bleeding edge) which is nice to reduce read/writes to the flash drive it’s on.
That being said, I keep a Kali live image (persistent) but thats becauae its home - my first introduction to Linux was 5 minutes with Red Hat, but aside from a brief intro in highschool, I really started with Linux in Backtrack, offensive security’s predecessor to Kali.
Yes, I have to learn things the hard way lol.
If you want to do them a solid, say more than just MA. List a suburb or something they’re in.
Unless this is some Mass. famous place that I am unaware of because I haven’t gotten to Mass. yet in my travels.
Home is Texas, as sad as that is, and I’m aware of places that are great… but over 6 hours away. So a smaller state may have people traveling an hour to get there.
I dunno, I’m against massive corporations, and try to shout out local places whenever I can. I have a decent job now, but I’ve worked mom and pop shit that is dying to give their employees a raise (I saw the books) but they needed more customers.