How Do I Get to the Desktop in Kali Linux?
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How do I get Kali desktop?

A: Run sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y kali-desktop-xfce in a terminal session to install the new Kali Linux Xfce environment. When asked to select the “Default display manager”, choose lightdm . Next, run update-alternatives –config x-session-manager and select Xfce’s option.

How do I switch to GUI in Kali Linux?

its not backtrack 5 to use startx command for gui in kali use gdm3 command. you can later make a symbolic link to gdm3 with the name startx. it will then give gui with startx command as well.

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