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# Kali Linux 2025.3 Drops Support for Raspberry Pi 1, Zero W and Other ARMel Devices
- URL: https://itsfoss.com/news/kali-linux-2025-3-release/
- Published: 2025-09-24T13:08:21.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-24T13:08:21.000Z
- Description: There are more hacking tools, too.
- Author: Sourav Rudra
- Tags: Distribution Releases, News, #Import 2025-11-08 21:15

[Kali Linux](https://www.kali.org/?ref=itsfoss.com) is the world’s most widely used penetration testing distribution, trusted by cybersecurity professionals, ethical hackers, and researchers. Developed and maintained by [Offensive Security](https://www.offsec.com/?ref=itsfoss.com), it provides a rolling release model and a comprehensive toolkit designed for offensive security, reverse engineering, and digital forensics.

Now, with the arrival of [Kali Linux 2025.3](https://www.kali.org/blog/kali-linux-2025-3-release/?ref=itsfoss.com), the distribution takes another step forward, introducing new tools and phasing out legacy architectures.

## 🆕 Kali Linux 2025.3: What's New?

![a desktop view screenshot of the kali linux 2025.3 release with the about xfce dialog open](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2025/09/kali-linux-2025-3-desktop-view.jpg)

Kali Linux 2025.3 introduces various updates, with the most notable being the **ten new tools** that include [Caido](https://github.com/caido/caido?ref=itsfoss.com) for web security auditing, [Gemini CLI](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli?ref=itsfoss.com) as an open source AI agent, [Krbrelayx](https://github.com/dirkjanm/krbrelayx?ref=itsfoss.com) for Kerberos relaying, and llm-tools-nmap, which brings AI-powered network discovery and scanning.

Then there's an upgrade for the wireless researchers in the house, who will be pleased with **the return of Nexmon support**, bringing monitor and injection capabilities back to Broadcom and Cypress Wi-Fi chipsets, including the onboard card of the Raspberry Pi 5.

For desktop users, **the Xfce VPN-IP panel plugin has been improved**. It now allows monitoring of specific network interfaces, which is especially useful for managing multiple VPN connections, and provides more precise monitoring.

Finally, Kali is dropping [ARMel](https://www.baeldung.com/linux/arm64-armel-armhf-overview?ref=itsfoss.com#armel) support, marking the end of compatibility with older devices such as the Raspberry Pi 1, Raspberry Pi Zero W, and similar boards. This follows Debian’s lead and paves the way for a stronger focus on 64-bit ARM images.

### 🛠️ Other Changes and Improvements

We round out this release coverage with a few other changes:

- New community wallpapers were added.
- Boot animation issues have been resolved.
- Updated all libraries, BusyBox binaries, Gradle, and Java to the latest versions.
- Replaced deprecated `AsyncTask` with `Executer`, improving threading and background task performance.
- Android support improved from API 21 to API 34+, including `bootkali` and `killkali` scripts in the Android (SU) shell.

## 📥 Get Kali Linux 2025.3

You can download this release directly from the [official website](https://www.kali.org/get-kali/?ref=news.itsfoss.com), which also provides live and weekly testing images.

[Kali Linux 2025.3](https://www.kali.org/get-kali/?ref=news.itsfoss.com)

**For existing users**, they can update to Kali Linux 2025.3 by running the following commands:

```
echo "deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free non-free-firmware" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list
```

```
sudo apt update && sudo apt -y full-upgrade

```

```
cp -vrbi /etc/skel/. ~/
```

```
-f /var/run/reboot-required ] && sudo reboot -f
```

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