I ' m shit whit this game . <| sep |> Like uNearlyBaked mentioned as well , you can find instructions on how to set up persistence pretty easily if you do just a quick google search Here is the link you ' re looking for . linuxliveusbpersistence It ' s not hard to set up at all . To be completely honest here , and I want to be clear that I don ' t mean this in a malicious way at all , I think you should start with a different distribution . I would personally recommend Mint , Ubuntu , and even something pretty bare bones like vanilla Debian . If you truly would like to learn about Linux , how it works , and get a deep working knowledge on how to install a system from absolutely nothing No automated set up like Kali or Windows , I would recommend you check out Arch . If you do check out Arch , when you ' re more comfortable with Linux you can install packages like Black Arch or Arch Strike . Both of which will turn your vanilla Arch install in to a full fledged hacking distro like Kali more tools actually . Although more tools definitely doesn ' t mean better , especially if you ' re new and don ' t know how to use the majority of them . I really wouldn ' t recommend a security focused distro for you I ' m making assumptions about your current skill level based on the questions you ' re asking based on your current Linux skill level . However , if you ' re dead set on it , I would have to recommend you focus your efforts on BackBox Linux . I ' ll describe it in a little more detail for you below . BackBox is set up as a security focused distro that is capable of being used as a daily OS . It comes with less tools than most of the other distros but it does provide all of the tools needed for a basic engagement recon , scanning , exploiting , enumeration , gathering lootcreds , etc , and it ' s easy to add more tools as you go . The neat thing about this OS is that it is truly set up as a beginner security OS in my opinion although the Devs definitely don ' t have that vision for their product . . It ' s set up so that you don ' t have to focus on things like how to get drivers for your random devices , it doesn ' t make it difficult to install closedsource drivers or programs , etc . If you must use a security distro , this is the one for you , without a doubt . I just want to breifly let you know a few things about getting in to security or offensive security . It ' s a long road ! It ' s well worth it but I ' ve been learning for over a decade and I ' m not even close to knowing everything I ' d like to know about hacking and computers This is coming from someone who ' s working on a graduate degree in CompSci , and the truth of the matter is that I ' ll never be finished learning in this subject area , not if I want to be good at my job and stay relevant with my skills . Since it is such a long road , it ' s better to start with the simpler things before jumping headfirst in to hacking . If you don ' t know how to set up a website , or how to query an SQL database , or how to set up a domain and use active directory , then how are you going to be able to truly exploit vulnerabilities in those systems ? The simple answer is that you can ' t . Sure , you could run an automated tool but even tier one help desk support knows how to run a command line script . That ' s hardly hacking . I would get all of the basics down , learn how to use some of this enterprise software , set up a virtual lab at your house Mine just keeps growing and it ' s a ton of fun to mess around with , learn how to administer Linux and Windows very effectively , and finally , once you have most of this stuff down you can move on to exploiting it . It ' s tough to exploit something when you can ' t even figure out if the configuration for the service looks correct You don ' t need to save all of the hacking for the end You ' re interested in offensive security after all but do it in a controlled environment like capture the flag events . I would also hold off on trying to hack a specific system or software configuration until you have thoroughly learned how to use and administer that systemsoftware . I could go on and on about this but I won ' t I ' ll leave you with one more piece of advice . You can ' t really be good at offensive security unless you have a fairly deep working knowledge of every aspect of computing networking , coding , the web , how an OS works which is important for kernel hacking , DLL hijacking , privilege escalation , snagging Kerberos creds , etc . Make sure to focus effort on learning how everything works before exploiting it . It ' s hard work and you won ' t be successful unless you dedicate a lot of time to this . You ' ll need to do more than coming on a board and asking people for help . Unfortunately or maybe fortunately depending on how you look at things a lot of skills are not shared readily in the security community . Or rather , people won ' t help or share their unique skills with you unless they believe that you have put in the effort to try and findlearn the information on your own before coming and asking for help or as a lot of people view it a hand out . We ' ll always offer help here if we can . I ' m just letting you know how the community can be . Edit MATE was supposed to be Mint . Late night haha .