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+# Pentest Distro Builder
+
+This script automates the process of building the most common pentesting Linux distributions, Kali Linux and Parrot Security OS.
+
+## Running
+
+Just clone the repository, then make whatever changes you wish to make.
+* .deb files in the debs/ folder will be installed into the image.
+* Files in the filesystem/ folder will be copied to the system.
+* Add any extra software from the repository you wish to install to the config/software.list.chroot file.
+
+When you're ready to build, run `sudo ./runme.sh` .
+
+The script will build whichever OS you are currently running, and prompt for which desktop environment and repository you wish to use.
+
+Once it's complete, the finished image will be copied to the images/ folder.