click new
Name your VM
Allocate as much green as you have
25+ GB recommended
open settings
Allocate as much green as you have
Allocate more video memory, and do NOT enable 3D or 2D video acceleration.
Click start
Click yellow folder icon
Choose downloaded iso file
Graphical if you want
Generic hostname
no domain name
Skip root user in lieu of sudo user below
Generic user name for reducing meta-data leakage
Make a good password!
If you are installing bare-metal (on hardware, not in VM) then go with entire disk encrypted LVM.
Choose another mirror if you want (Debian even has .onion mirrors!)
https://onion.debian.org/
https://wiki.debian.org/TorifyDebianServices
no proxy
Unless you’re completely tin-hat, might as well help with usage survey!
I like KDE, Gnome is like Mac for Linux, XFCE is fast, simple, and works well in a VM.
For security, you may want to include web and ssh server too.
Choose default config
update your machine
adjust monitor resolution
* Devices -> insert guest additions CD
* If it’s already inserted, it will give you an error
* Once it is inserted, it should show on the desktop and file browser
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apt install spyder3 python3-pudb wireshark`