Parrot Linux is the currently supported Linux distro by Hackthebox. I have a Parrot virtual machine in my Mac. This is how to install the VMware tools.

A few stupid tweaks to add after installing Parrot Security

Add to ~/.bashrc:

# my bash prompt
# export PS1="\e[0;31;1m[\u\e[m@\e[0;34;1m\h\e[m \W]\$ "
# export PS1='\[\e[0;36m\]\u\[\e[m\] \[\e[1;34m\]\w\[\e[m\] \[\e[1;32m\]\$\[\e[m\]\[\e[1;37m\] '
export PS1='\[\e[0;39m\]\u\[\e[m\] \[\e[1;34m\]\w\[\e[m\] \[\e[1;32m\]\$\[\e[m\] '
stty -echoctl

Get rid of neovim that confuses me and install vim instead:

sudo dpkg --purge neovim neovim-runtime
sudo apt install vim

Add to ~/.vimrc:

set tabstop=4
filetype on
set nu
set ruler
" set mouse=a
set list

Reorder windows buttons: