Parrot OS on Chromebook container

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Hi,

I found a video on how to install Kali in a container on Chromebook. I think it’s quite cool, but I’d prefer Parrot instead. I need help with adapting those instructions to Parrot installation.

Here’s the video, and instructions summary:

Edit repository source file:

cat /etc/apt/sources.list

    # Generated by distrobuilder
    # deb https://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main
    # deb https://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main
    # deb https://deb.debian.org/debian-security/ bullseye-security main
    deb.parrot.sh/parrot lory main contrib non-free non-free-firmware

Download Kali software key:

sudo wget https://archive.kali.org/archive-key.asc -O /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/kali-archive-keyring.asc

Update system:

sudo apt update -y
sudo apt full-upgrade -y

Install software:

sudo apt install kali-defaults -y
sudo apt install kali-desktop-xfce -y
sudo apt install synaptic -y
sudo apt install xserver-xephyr -y

Create gox script (/usr/bin/gox):

Xephyr -br -fullscreen -resizeable :20 &
sleep 5
sudo -u <user-id> DISPLAY=:20 startxfce4 &> /dev/null &

Make gox script executable:

sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/gox

Create gosyn script (/usr/bin/gosyn):

xhost + &&
sudo synaptic &&
xhost -

Make gosyn executable:

sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/gosyn

Shut down Linux, shut down Chromebook, and then restart Chromebook and start up Linux. Then execute gox script:

gox

Change launch command for Synaptic Package Manager to:

gosyn

As you can see, I only figured out the depository part, but I’m lost with the software key and install software.

Any help would be appreciated :+1:

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Just some notes before you start.
1] not all chromebooks are Linux compatible
2] some chromebooks have ARM CPU’s if yours has, then make sure you install an arm version

I personally do not trust any social media videos, they are often lacking in detail, and sometimes just plain dangerous to your machine.

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I tried that with Kali and it worked, although I decided to revert the terminal on my Chromebook to its original state.

It was a cool experiment, but I think I’ll buy some cheap second-hand laptop and make it standalone Parrot OS machine.

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anything working under 10 yrs old with an intel i5,i7 or AMD Ryzen with min 8 GB of ram [or more will do nicely

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I got a Dell Latitude E7250 very cheap, and Parrot is already running. There’s only one problem, fan doesn’t work. I’m trying to find a solution, maybe I’ll start a relevant thread.

EDIT:
I managed to solve it with “acpi_osi=‘Windows 2020’” parameter in grub. Fan is a bit lazy comparing to Windows 11 (it’s dual boot), but we’ll see how it goes. There’s also this i8kutils, so I’ll leave it for plan B.

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