Kali Linux is a nice Debian-based security distribution of Linux. It's amazingly flexible, and it works on just about any platform.

This page contains some notes for Kali.

Notes by Topic

Installing/Booting

Dual Boot Kali on OS X - notes on how I set up a dual boot MacBook Pro with OS X and Kali

Networking

Kali Network Debugging - notes on what to look for and where to check when you are debugging a broken network in Kali

Kali Wireless Debugging - notes on debugging wireless in kali...

Notes by Date

Kali 2015-06-16

Kali 2015-06-17

Kali 2015-06-18 - user accounts, dotfiles

Kali 2015-07-24 - dual boot kali and mac os x on a macbook pro, and debug network problems

Kali 2015-07-25 - fixing Kali to work, network spelunking

Kali 2015-07-26 - Kali on a Raspberry Pi