I wrote an interesting editorial a while ago related to the Mr. Robot TV show that runs on the USA Network channel every Wednesday, starring Rami Malek as a computer hacker who goes by the name of Elliot.

At the point in time, I was very impressed with the level of information offered on the show about various open-source, UNIX, and Linux technologies. The first episode was speechless, as the characters talked about the GNOME and KDE desktop environments.

Since then, four other episodes have aired and the storyline has taken a different direction, towards hacking huge companies. Anyway, the fifth episode of Mr. Robot has shown us, Linux geeks, that the characters in the show are using Kali Linux to hack people.

As you might know, Kali Linux is the successor to the extremely popular BackTrack Linux penetration testing and security auditing distribution, based on the Debian GNU/Linux operating system.

I have to admit that I was very pleased to see Kali Linux used in Mr. Robot's computers. Some reported on the Internet that they also spotted the GNOME 2 desktop environment on the acclaimed TV show, as well as other popular piece of opens-source software.