Hello, I’m beginner to QubeOS and I don’t know really how to use it properly. I’m not really an absolute beginner in Linux (running it since 2 years), but I’ve never tried it and these I wanna try so installed it 2 days ago. At first it’s very good, not laggy, etc… It’s what I want! But today I want to really set this thing up for every day use, but it’s not really convenient to use for some of my use cases. So I need your help for global tips to use the system and for my use cases :
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Never really liked use the default Firefox ESR + hardening, used the flatpak app of Mullvad, basically I want to know the way of installing apps
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Want to set up “hacking” lab, mainly Kali or Parrot and other to use with the networking to “hack” them, basically I want to run multiples VMs
Thank you guys 😁
basically I want to know the way of installing apps
Launch a terminal in the chosen template, and install the software there like you would normally do it in the distro that the template is based on. Shutdown the template afterwards. Shutdown your app qube. Go to settings of your app qube - applications - click refresh. Move the installed app from the left side to the right. Done.
Want to set up “hacking” lab, mainly Kali or Parrot and other to use with the networking to “hack” them, basically I want to run multiples VMs
Install Kali in template manager (it is available as a community template). Create an app qube based on that template. Done.
So how do I to install flatpaks? (Install flatpak CLI in the template and use it on the qube?)
When I’m doing a Kali template it doesn’t give me all the apps that are present in Kali. And if I want to use Parrot? Or setting a vulnerable system, what is the way of doing VMs in Qube? Do we need to install Qemu on top or using the default system is okay?
So how do I to install flatpaks? (Install flatpak CLI in the template and use it on the qube?)
Dunno what is the proper way to install flatpaks, those few times when I actually need to use a flatpak, I just download it to an app qube and then launch it from terminal (I guess that’s what you’re doing as well?). I use Arch [btw] for some of my qubes, and installing mullvad browser is easy thanks to AUR :)
Ah sorry, I actually confused flatpaks with AppImages. I don’t use flatpaks at all :(
When I’m doing a Kali template it doesn’t give me all the apps that are present in Kali.
Have you installed them in the template?
And if I want to use Parrot?
If there are no templates available, you will have to either create one or use HVM. Can’t help you with either though
For the flatpak I would like to use them as I did on “normal” OS, basically to have a shortcut like any regular app. I want to use flatpak for apps that are not really available anywhere else but I could use Arch too btw.
I’ve installed the template of kali-core (available by default in the template manager), them create a qube with the kali-core template, and add all the apps available to the qube. Sadly I don’t have all the apps that are normally present into Kali. Such as Ettercap and Wireshark EDIT : Nmap, SQLMap, Macchanger and much more are not available
So how do I set up a real VM this time to use it as a testing lab? With access to my network, etc… As we will do in Qemu. And the last thing. I found a template of Parrot OS but it’s not in the “default” template manager how do I use that?
Thx
Sorry to be that guy, but you should just sit down and go over Qubes OS’ documentation. Some specific entries that might prove useful:
- How to organize your qubes
- How to install software
- How to install software in dom0
- Creating a Kali Linux TemplateVM
If you ask me, read a lot more beyond these. But if you really got no time, then at least suffice with the aforementioned.
Wish ya good luck!
