I3 and most needed setup for a new kali, this includes:

• arandr (Multi-Monitor Configuration)
• arc-theme (Kali Dark Theme with Transparent Elements)
• feh (Image Viewer)
• i3 (Window Manager)
  • i3blocks
  • i3status
  • i3-wm
• lxappearance (theme switcher)
• python3-pip
• rofi (window switcher and app luncher)
• picom (transparency effects, shadows, and animations for i3)
• cargo (packet manager)
• papirus-icon-theme (icon theme)
• imagemagick (image tool)
• xrdp (rdp tool)
• seclists (wordlists)
• feroxbuster (web fuzzer)
• golang
• gobuster (web fuzzer)
• rlwrap (read line wrapper)
• bloodhound.py (AD enum)
• neo4j (database)
• bloodhound (AD enum)
• crowbar (wordlist generator)
• ntpdate (time update)
• xxd (hex viewer)
• numlockx (rdp default numlock enabler)
• pip2.7 (pip for python 2)
• VS Code (editor)
• zsh (shell)
• Google Chrome
• GoWitness (Web Screenshot Tool)
• pyftpdlib (Python FTP lib)
• Docker-CE

# set german layout
setxkbmap de

# get the repo and configs
git clone https://github.com/secure-77/kali-setup
cd kali-setup
chmod +x install.sh install2.sh config.sh
./install.sh

after zsh shell spawns, run stage 2 of the install script and then setup the ip

./install2.sh

# setup static ip 
./config.sh
sudo reboot

optional / check nameserver in /etc/resolv.conf

nameserver 12.34.56.78

setup xrdp to listen on local ip address only

in the file /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini change the port variable to ip and port

from

port=3389

to

port=tcp://12.34.56.78:3389

restart the service

sudo systemctl restart xrdp

based on this thread: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1323601/xrdp-is-quite-slow

gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.remote-display active false
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface enable-animations false
sudo sed -i 's/max_bpp=32/max_bpp=16/g' /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini && sudo reboot

run Windows RDP with the following settings:

1. set colors to 15 bit
2. no local ressources passthrough expect clipboard
3. set speed to 56kbps

sudo systemctl enable ssh 
sudo vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config

setup to local ip only and disable password auth

ListenAddress 12.34.56.78
PasswordAuthentication no

restart the ssh service

sudo systemctl restart ssh