Parrot Security OS 3.1.1 is Available, Free security-oriented Linux operating system based on Debian
Lorenzo Faletra has announced the release of Parrot Security OS 3.1, an updated version of the Debian-based distribution featuring a set of utilities for penetration testing, computer forensics, reverse engineering, hacking, privacy and cryptography. This new version, released barely six weeks after the 3.0 build
Parrot Security OS is an open source distribution of Linux based on the well known and award winning Debian GNU/Linux operating system. As its developers describe, it is a masterpiece that gathers together all the necessary tools for hacking, penetration testing, security and privacy tasks.
Availability, supported architectures, boot options
The project is available for download on the dedicated section (see above) as two Live DVD ISO images, one for each of the supported hardware platforms (64-bit/amd64 and 32-bit/i386), designed to be written to USB sticks or burned onto DVD discs.
From the boot prompt, users will be able to start the live environment with default settings, in failsafe mode, in forensic mode, view details about the hardware components of your computer, as well as to install the distribution using the graphical or text-mode installer.
From 3.0 to 3.1.1 :
- many tools updates
- switch from mysql to mariadb
- include php7 support
- include stability improvements
- update parrot-core
- update parrot-menu
- update parrot tools selection to include new tools
- fix systemd workarounds
- fix icon theme
- upgrade to linux 4.6
- update support for GCC 4.8.5, 4.9.3, 5.4.0 and 6.1.1
- update support for CLANG 3.6-33 and 3.8-2
- update drivers support
- include qtcreator 4.0.2
- include Qt framework 5.6.1
- fix apt-parrot mirror selection system
- modify tasksel to include parrot flavours
- upgrade to zulucrypt 5.0
- upgrade to anonsurf 2.1
- include torbrowser launcher
- fix noscript plugin and firefox launchers
- Conky removed (waiting to fix the theme)
