Hi Totally New,
You are not totally new as you have a lot of experience since Novel. Most users doesn't know what is Novel and how it works
for your your request about post installation I can only suggest to read here on forum
Community Generated How-tos and Kali Linux General Use
there you can find a lot of useful things.
There is nothing special about post installation steps.Like in any other Linux distro, but one thing I will recommend to check source list
http://docs.kali.org/general-use/kal...t-repositories
also about your problem with network card read this
http://www.killernetworking.com/supp...-ubuntu-debian
also if you have any other problems with hardware just look for Ubintu users how they solve it if you can not find it on Kali side.
chears
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