I have gathered that! it was a neat little journey though, learning and such. I'm pretty sure I would've run into the same problem if I installed Ubuntu, from what I gathered the driver I needed for wifi is not native to linux and has to be installed manually? Could be I'm making that up thoug...
Enable Networking
Enable Wi-Fi
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artist rendition of the rightclick menu of the connection button... because Kali is boring and doesnt want me sharing screenprints of sensitive info...I was going to edit it...
(sheesh it happened again.. anyway)
"sudo apt-get -y install firmware-b43-installer"
I rush to the restroom, hoping to relieve myself as linux worked it's magic. I come back refreshed, excited to reboot!
only to discover that I had to input my account credentials... well a few minutes later...
(sorrry, I think i ran into problem with the length of the post {oh... it seems like it was working but the text box just didnt scroll down for me...bummer...}anyway!)
Then I type "reboot" into the terminal, and continue dancing as Linux loads back up! AAAAAAAAaand...it seems like the wifi STILL...
heya! I'm new to linux, and I hpe nobody else has to deal with the hours of slamming my head against several forum walls looking for what the issue was with my wifi. so Ilook up how to turn on wifi (or something similar) and I read that i need to right click on the network connection indicator...