Configuration

Some basics for managing your OS.

Parrot Software Management

In this chapter, we will introduce the apt package manager for Parrot. A program is a series of instructions written in programming languages such as C, Go, Nim or Rust (to name a few). These instructions are stored in text files called sources. To work in our systems, they must be converted to machine language. This step is called compilation. The compilation generates one or several files, understandable by the system, called binaries.

Nvidia GPU Driver configuration

Initially, Parrot uses the Nvidia nouveau open source drivers, since they support most Nvidia cards. These guarantee good stability and allow you to use your GPU without problems for everyday use.

Upgrade from Lorykeet

Parrot 7 introduced a number of major changes to the system, detailed in the Parrot 7.0 Release Notes.

File and Directory Permissions

In GNU/Linux, every file and directory belongs to a user and a group.

AppArmor

AppArmor is a Linux security module that helps protect the system by restricting what applications can do.

Hash and key verification

Why should anyone verify keys and signatures?

Assistive Technologies

Onscreen Keyboard

Desktop Environments

ParrotOS ships with KDE Plasma as the default Desktop Environment (DE) for all editions (Home, Security, and HTB). Additional desktop environments can be installed alongside it — each has its own look and workflow, so it's worth trying a few before settling on one.

Printer setup

Thanks to CUPS, we can print any document we want.

SSD TRIM

SSD Trim allows the drive to check and delete data blocks no longer needed. This means that the drive is always ready to write new data when the old ones are being deleted and that block containing the data is no longer busy.

Btrfs Assistant & Snapper Setup

Overview