Shorts:Learning Kali Linux

Scene: MoNoLidThZ's Discord Voice Chat

Characters:

• Professor Atts (M3dicin3M4NTR4): Tinkering with his new Kali Linux installation.
• MoNoRi-Chan: Watching and offering support in the voice chat.

Dialogue:

(Keyboard clicks fill the voice chat as Professor Atts navigates the terminal)

MoNoRi-Chan: (Teasingly) Dude, what's the hold-up? You trying to crack the Pentagon with that intense typing?

Professor Atts: (Groans) Don't even joke, MoNoRi. Turns out my super cool hacker name, M3dicin3M4NTR4, wasn't cool enough for Linux. Apparently, it cares about caps lock, the meanie!

MoNoRi-Chan: (Laughs) Oh man, the classic newb mistake! Reinstall? Or are you gonna try and play Mr. Hackerman and fix it yourself?

Professor Atts: (Defiant) Reinstall? Pfft, no way! I refuse to accept defeat by a case-sensitive computer! Operation "Hack My Own System" is a go! (More frantic typing sounds)

MoNoRi-Chan: (Chuckles) Alright, alright, Mr. Hackerman. Google to the rescue, huh? Don't forget, searching for "how to hack into my own Linux" might raise some eyebrows with the feds.

(A tense silence fills the voice chat with occasional frustrated sighs from Professor Atts)

Professor Atts: (Triumphantly) Yesssss! Got it! Edited the GRUB thing and booted into recovery mode. Now, to reset this stupid password... hopefully, I can finally log in with the proper caps!

MoNoRi-Chan: (Sarcastically) Woah there, Mr. Big Shot Hacker! Slow down, you might break the internet with all this excitement!

Professor Atts: (Laughs) Shut up, MoNoRi! Okay, so... root shell access... cool... oh wait, what's my username again? (More typing sounds)

MoNoRi-Chan: (Feigning surprise) Hold on, tell me you didn't forget your own username after all this drama?

Professor Atts: (Sheepishly) Look, M3dicin3M4NTR4 sounded way cooler than boring old ProfessorAtts, alright? But hey, at least I'm logged in now!

MoNoRi-Chan: (Sarcastically) Congratulations, Mr. Hackerman. You've successfully hacked yourself into your own computer and recovered your... computer name. (Laughing)

Professor Atts: (Grinning) Hey, a win's a win! Now, onto more important things... how do I change this boring desktop thingy?

MoNoRi-Chan: (Smiling) Let me guess, another Google search away? (Sends a link to Professor Atts) Here, check out the official Kali docs. R.T.F.M., Professor!

Part Two

Scene: MoNoLidThZ's Discord Voice Chat

Characters:

• Professor Atts (M3dicin3M4NTR4): Tinkering with his new Kali Linux installation.
• MoNoRi-Chan: Watching and offering support in the voice chat.

Dialogue:

(Professor Atts types confidently into the terminal)

Professor Atts: Alright, MoNoRi, lesson number 3: Conquering the desktop environment! (Types a command) sudo apt install -y kali-desktop-gnome... there we go, GNOME incoming!

(A beat of silence fills the voice chat)

Professor Atts: (Confused) ...Wait, what? Nothing's happening. Did I break something again?

MoNoRi-Chan: (Holding back laughter) Hmm, that's strange. Did you, by any chance, connect your super-hacker machine to the internet before trying to download a whole new desktop?

(An awkward silence followed by a short, incredulous laugh from Professor Atts)

Professor Atts: (Sheepishly) Ohhhhh, right. The internet. That might be important.

MoNoRi-Chan: (Bursts out laughing) You're killing me, Professor! Look, at least you learned something valuable today – APT, the package manager, needs the internet to, well, manage packages!

Professor Atts: (Sighs) In my defense, it seemed pretty obvious... once you actually think about it.

(Typing sounds resume)

Professor Atts: (Triumphantly) There we go! Downloaded, installed... and boom! GNOME desktop is ready to rock!

MoNoRi-Chan: See, Professor? You're a natural, even with the occasional internet hiccup. Now go forth and customize your desktop to your heart's content!

Professor Atts: Thanks, MoNoRi. Maybe tomorrow we can tackle something a little less... internet-dependent. Like, actual hacking?

MoNoRi-Chan: (Chuckles) We'll see, Professor. But first, let's make sure you don't accidentally lock yourself out of your own system again, alright?