Re: Kali linux

2016-05-05 Thread Doug Smith
I like it even more than I ever have since it has become a rolling releast distro. It also has some tools I want to use in some future research projects and I don't have to hunt them all up and configure them individually. They are already there. As far as hardware compatibility, I have o

Kali linux

2016-05-05 Thread Joel Roth
Doug Smith wrote: > Just be careful with kali, though. You are always running > as root and, unless you are very very careful, there is > just a small amount more room for accidents. Probably you can create a regular user account just like any other linux. No need to run in privileged mode fo

Re: connecting to wireless network

2016-05-05 Thread Doug Smith
Kali is a security auditing and penetration distro based on debian. It starts out with stock debian testing and has some enhancements and other tools added to it. You can use almost any hardware with it and there is no problem. Just be careful with kali, though. You are always running as

Re: connecting to wireless network

2016-05-05 Thread Mark Peveto
Oh no, hd install all the way. I did vm's a few years ago, but not now. I'll message you privately for more info, rather than take up list traffic. Thanks for the help. On Thu, 5 May 2016, Jude DaShiell wrote: > You need to hit windows-alt-s to get orca up if you go that way to start the > ins

Re: connecting to wireless network

2016-05-05 Thread Jude DaShiell
You need to hit windows-alt-s to get orca up if you go that way to start the install once it starts booting. You also need a screen attached to that machine. I can't help if you're doing anything with vm environments though. On Thu, 5 May 2016, Mark Peveto wrote: Date: Thu, 5 May 2016 09:4

Re: connecting to wireless network

2016-05-05 Thread Jude DaShiell
Kali is another distro and specifically is one of Debian's children. On Thu, 5 May 2016, Mark Peveto wrote: Date: Thu, 5 May 2016 09:29:36 From: Mark Peveto Reply-To: Linux for blind general discussion To: Linux for blind general discussion Subject: Re: connecting to wireless network Forgiv

Re: connecting to wireless network

2016-05-05 Thread Mark Peveto
Hmm, i see something i may hafta play with! Is it accessible out of the box? I've got a test machine that's just dying for me to do something with it. On Thu, 5 May 2016, Jude DaShiell wrote: > Kali is another distro and specifically is one of Debian's children. > > On Thu, 5 May 2016, Mark Pevet

Re: connecting to wireless network

2016-05-05 Thread Mark Peveto
Forgive the newby here, guys...is kali another distro? On Thu, 5 May 2016, Jude DaShiell wrote: > Stock debian can be problematical even if the firmware debian iso is used for > an install since I have a ralink usb wifi adapter even the firmware disk can't > install even though all drivers are su

Re: connecting to wireless network

2016-05-05 Thread Jude DaShiell
Stock debian can be problematical even if the firmware debian iso is used for an install since I have a ralink usb wifi adapter even the firmware disk can't install even though all drivers are supposed to be on that disk. When I tried the same installation using kali sauna though, the card was