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All About Parrot OS

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Parrot OS is a GNU/Linux distribution based on Debian with a focus on security, privacy, and development.

Core

Parrot is based on Debian's testing branch (Bullseye), with a Linux 5.5 kernel. It follows a rolling release development model

The desktop environments are MATE and KDE, and the default display manager is LightDM

The system is certified to run on devices which have a minimum of 256MB of RAM, and it is suitable for both 32-bit (i386) and 64-bit (amd64) processor architectures


What is Parrot - Parrot Documentation


Parrot Logo.png
DeveloperParrot Project Team
OS familyPOSIX based on Debian GNU/Linux
Working stateCurrent
Source modelOpen source
Initial release10 April 2013
Latest release4.9 / April 30, 2020; 25 days ago
Update methodRolling Release
Package managerAPT
Platformsamd64 (x86-64), ARM
Kernel typeMonolithic
Default user interfaceMATE Desktop Environment
KDE Desktop Environment
LicenseFree software, mainly the GNU GPL and Creative_Commons
Official websiteparrotlinux.org Moreover, the project is available for ARMv7 (armhf) architectures.


In June 2017, the Parrot Team announced they were considering to change from Debian to Devuan, mainly because of problems with systemd.

As of January 21st, 2019, the Parrot team has begun to phase out the development of their 32-bit (i386) ISO.

Editions

Parrot has multiple editions that are based upon Debian, with various desktop environments available.

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Parrot Security

Parrot is intended to provide a suite of penetration testing tools to be used for attack mitigation, security research, forensics, and vulnerability assessment.

It is designed for penetration testing, vulnerability assessment and mitigation, computer forensics and anonymous web browsing.

Parrot Home

Parrot Home is the base edition of Parrot designed for daily use, and it targets regular users who need a "lightweight" system on their laptops or workstations.

Allegedly, the distribution is useful for daily work. Parrot Home also includes programs to chat privately with people, encrypt documents, or browse the internet anonymously. The system can also be used as a starting point to build a customized pentesting platform. Parrot Home uses Debian technology.

Parrot ARM

Parrot ARM is a lightweight Parrot release for embedded systems. It is currently available for Raspberry Pi devices.

Parrot OS Tools

There are multiple Tools in Parrot OS which are specially designed for Security Researchers and are related to penetration testing. A few of them are listed below, more can be found on the official website.

Tor

Tor, also known as The Onion Router, is a distributed network that anonymizes Internet browsing. It is designed in a way that the IP Address of the client using Tor is hidden from the server that the client is visiting. Also, the data and other details are hidden from the client’s Internet Service Provider (ISP). Tor network uses hops to encrypt the data between the client and the server. Tor network and Tor browser are pre-installed and configured in Parrot OS.

Parrot Security OS 4.9 releases

Onion Share

Onion Share is an open-source utility that can be used to share files of any size over the TOR network securely and anonymously. Onion Share then generates a long random URL that can be used by the recipient to download the file over the TOR network using TOR browser.

AnonSurf

Anonsurf is a utility that makes the operating system communication go over TOR or other anonymizing networks. According to Parrot, AnonSurf secures your web browser and anonymizes your IP.

Release frequency

The development team has not specified any official release timeline, but based on release changelogs and the notes included in the official review of the distribution, the project will be released on a monthly basis.

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