Kali 2015-07-25

Fixing Kali to Work

Upgrades

First things first

$ apt-get update
$ apt-get -y dist-upgrade

Now add to aptitude sources as per Kali 2015-06-17 notes, and when you have added the new sources, run

$ apt-get update

Now you'll be able to install stuff like xfce4.

XFCE

XFCE has a more keyboard-friendly and minimalist windows manager arrangement, so I use it.

To make the windows manager to be xfce by default, first install xfce:

$ apt-get install -y desktop-base xfce4 xfce4-places-plugin xfce4-goodies

last two are optional.

Iceweasel

All browsers are obnoxious, Firefox most of all. The vimperator plugin makes it tolerable, although it has poor documentation (read: no documentation). Here's a link: http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7723/

Annoyances:

• can't use control a to select all text - it just moves the cursor to the beginning of the line (e.g. search box)
• wildly inconsistent and unpredictable behaviors with alt/meta/control/shift and arrows
• no improvement for entering text in a field.