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 :

  • 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

  • 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 😁

  • BobrA
    61·
    4 months ago

    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.

    • foremanguy@lemmy.mlOP
      1·
      4 months ago

      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?

      • BobrA
        11·
        4 months ago

        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

        • foremanguy@lemmy.mlOP
          1·
          4 months ago

          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

          • BobrA
            11·
            4 months ago

            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

            Maybe those apps are not installed by default in the template? Launch a terminal in the template and try to install ettercap and wireshark from there.

            not in the “default” template manager how do I use that?

            Never tried that, and I couldn’t find anything about installing templates from local files on qubes wiki :(
            Try qvm-template command in dom0 terminal and see if there are options to install template from local files there.

            • foremanguy@lemmy.mlOP
              1·
              4 months ago

              OK thanks, I’ve noticed that I got an update for the Kali template right after the install but this doesn’t install the packages… Going to search for a solution.

              EDIT : The template just included the kali-linux-core so there’s almost nothing in it, so you need to browse the Kali meta packages to add the tools. I’ve chose kali-linux-default (~8GB) but there’s a lot more like kali-linux-everything (~30GB)

              Going to search how to add custom template too.

              And do you any clue for running a VM and connect it to the network to make a “hacking” lab? EDIT : And for flatpaks?