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Kali Linux a blast of the past? Black Omarchy for the win

Kali Linux is the top dog in penetration testing. Convenient, well-known, but also sluggish, bloated, and instantly recognizable to any Blue Team member. It's time to step out of our comfort zone.

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Mobile SecuritySecure HomeofficeEducation and trainingAI & Quantum Security

When & Where

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Thu, 10/29/2026 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM

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Forum C, Booth 7-720

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Details

  • Format:

    Technology lecture

  • Language:

    German

Session description

Speaker: Peter Wilfahrt
Bundesverband Digitale Sicherheit e.V.

mit Email wilfahrt@bayreuth.ihk.de Black Omarchy is the dark, radically streamlined answer: built on Arch and Hyprland, uncompromisingly minimalist, lightning-fast, and configurable in such a way that it leaves behind no tooling overhead you didn’t choose yourself. No pre-installed hodgepodge of 600 tools you’ll never use, Instead, a lean, tiling-based setup that delivers exactly what a pentester in the field really needs: speed, control, and a workflow that adapts to the work rather than the other way around.

In this session, I’ll show why Black Omarchy isn’t just an alternative for profess ...