Hardcore Linux users will think I'm committing the ultimate blasphemy when I say the Linux terminal doesn't have to be a part of the equation. Have to, being the operative term. When I first started ...
Kali Linux, developed for pentesting – i.e., vulnerability searching –, has been released by its developers in version 2025.4. They have paid particular attention to the desktop environments.
Back in my early days of Linux, the terminal was a necessity. Now, the GUIs are so advanced, user-friendly, and powerful, that you could go your entire Linux career and never touch a terminal window.
Sudo lets you run any terminal command as another user — hence "substitute user" — but the default and most common use for it ...