These are my notes, dotfiles and tweaks/configurations made for the Parrot Security OS to make it emulate my typical workflow from other distros more.
As Parrot is running MATE, quite a bunch of configurations and tweaks have to be made through menus, in such cases I have tried to document how such is done in this README - rest of the tweaks are dotfiles etc. and should be able to be found in this repo.
Follow instructions by theGuildHall to emulate the pwnbox theme on your version of Parrot if you want - I would recommend following it at least just for the HTB VPN tweaks: https://github.com/theGuildHall/pwnbox
Install vim-plug: https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug and the most of the config file is taken from my dotfiles repository: https://github.com/4lgn/dotfiles/blob/bspwm/.vimrc
As the default is nvim, remember to install the config file under ~/.config/nvim/init.vim, this config file is also found in this repo.
Config file found in ./tmux.conf
I use Obsidian for note-taking, you can use snap to install it quickly
To easily and quickly screengrab a portion of my screen, I use maim and a keyboard shortcut to perform the script to pipe it into the clipboard:
maim -s | xclip -selection clipboard -t image/pngOpen application Keyboard Shortcuts and set the following
"Switch to workspace x": "Mod4+x"
"Move window to workspace x": "Shift+Mod4+x"
"Close window": "Shift+Mod4+Q"
"Maximize window": "Mod4+F"
"Restore window": "Mod4+Down"
Keyboard -> Layouts -> remember to have a "Keyboard model" selected -> Options -> Caps Lock behavior -> Make Caps Lock an additional Esc
This is mainly regarding not dimming backlight brightness when on battery - I can control the screen brightness myself, thanks.
MATE Tweak -> Desktop -> untick everything you don't want shown
I use tigervnc, and the vnc config file to startup a MATE session is found in ~/.vnc/xstartup
Make sure tigervnc is installed:
sudo apt install tigervnc-standalone-server tigervnc-xorg-extensionStart the server
vncserver -localhost noOn the viewing desktop, I usually just use the RealVNC Viewer as it captures the keyboard, allowing me to use all my shortcuts etc.