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[Hughie]

I recently installed Kali Linux and I'm having an issue that the system will not update. Whenever I type the command apt-get update, I get a timeout error. I have tried resetting the network settings, changing the DNS server and even changing the repositories but nothing seems to work. Is there anything else I can do to try and fix this issue?

[Jenkins]

First, check to make sure that you have a reliable internet connection. If the connection is not stable, the update process will likely time out. Additionally, you may need to check your firewall settings to make sure that outgoing traffic is allowed for the update process. If the connection is stable and the firewall settings are correct, try changing the repositories you are using. The default repositories may not be up to date, so you can try updating the sources list to point to more current repositories. To do this, open the sources.list file in a text editor and replace the current entries with the latest repositories.