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Kali Linux 2.0 (x64) system upgrade GUI fix

When Kali Linux 2.0 came out I decided to upgrade my laptop to this version through the upgrade process (which took very long keep in mind.. it may have just been quicker to just reload the OS). Upon completion of the upgrade process I noticed the desktop GUI and windows didn’t look quite right. Additionally the theme wasn’t right either. Long story short I had to install these packages to fix the issue:

gir1.2-gnomebluetooth-1.0
gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0
gir1.2-gnomekeyring-1.0
gkbd-capplet
gnome-accessibility-themes
gnome-backgrounds
gnome-bluetooth
gnome-brave-icon-theme
gnome-calculator
gnome-colors-common
gnome-contacts
gnome-control-center
gnome-control-center-data
gnome-core
gnome-desktop3-data
gnome-dictionary
gnome-disk-utility
gnome-font-viewer
gnome-icon-theme
gnome-icon-theme-symbolic
gnome-keyring
gnome-menus
gnome-mime-data
gnome-online-accounts
gnome-online-miners
gnome-orca
gnome-packagekit
gnome-packagekit-data
gnome-packagekit-session
gnome-screenshot
gnome-session
gnome-session-bin
gnome-session-common
gnome-settings-daemon
gnome-shell
gnome-shell-common
gnome-shell-extension-dashtodock
gnome-shell-extension-easyscreencast
gnome-shell-extension-proxyswitcher
gnome-shell-extension-refreshwifi
gnome-shell-extension-workspacestodock
gnome-shell-extensions
gnome-sushi
gnome-system-log
gnome-system-monitor
gnome-terminal
gnome-terminal-data
gnome-theme-kali
gnome-themes-standard:amd64
gnome-themes-standard-data
gnome-tweak-tool
gnome-user-guide
gnome-user-share
kali-desktop-gnome
libgnome-2-0:amd64
libgnome-bluetooth13
libgnome-desktop-3-10
libgnome-keyring-common
libgnome-keyring0:amd64
libgnome-menu-3-0
libgnome2-0:amd64
libgnome2-bin
libgnome2-common
libgnomekbd-common
libgnomekbd8
libgnomevfs2-0:amd64
libgnomevfs2-common
libgnomevfs2-extra:amd64
libpam-gnome-keyring
libsoup-gnome2.4-1:amd64
network-manager-gnome
policykit-1-gnome

Or you can simply run this quick and dirty script (using sudo obviously):

View as txt here:

Windows Activation URL

#Update 10/7/2015  It appears that IE9 and IE10 will not work on these activation URLs but google-chrome and the like seem to work.

Are you ever tired of having to call Microsoft’s automated system to activate your Windows install? Use this URL instead, it’s ten times faster after you have your installation ID window up (accessible via slui.exe 4 in the run prompt):

http://bit.ly/1F4pgY0

#Update 7/30/2015

Should you have problems with that URL, try this one:

https://goo.gl/95joxB

#Update 3/31/2016

New URL to use: http://bit.ly/1q60R3W

#update 6/8/2018

New URL to use: http://m.vivr.io/mUJ1zm3

#update 6/21/2018

Doesn’t seem to work anymore and you need to call their automated phone system and get a unique URL each time.