Previous Parrot versions used to have unneeded services shut down by default, but such services happened to re-enable randomly after system updates. Parrot 4.11 provides cleaner meta packages, updated tools and a more consistent repository. Our tool meta packages were revisited as well to reflect this little revolution. We have finally purged many old, broken and unmaintained tools, and revisited many of the existing ones. We plan to release Linux 5.11 as soon as possible as a later update. There are multiple Tools in Parrot OS which are specially designed for Security Researchers and are related to penetration testing. It is currently available for Raspberry Pi devices. “Linux 5.10 is the default kernel of this new Parrot version, with better hardware support for very recent hardware. Parrot ARM is a lightweight Parrot release for embedded systems. Parrot is based on Debian’s “Testing” branch and features a wide range of updates, particularly to the kernel.
The Parrot OS team have announced a new version, 4.11, of the distributions Home and Security editions. We would like to thank you for participating on our bug bounty program, we are updating our policy since we are focusing on all Parrot OS security. It was developed by Frozenbox Network and is based on Debian. The product, developed by Frozenbox, comes with MATE as the default desktop environment. Parrot OS is a Linux distribution focused on cybersecurity and forensics. Parrot OS (formerly Parrot Security OS) is a Debian-based, security-oriented distribution featuring a collection of utilities designed for penetration testing, computer forensics, reverse engineering, hacking, privacy, anonymity and cryptography.