Parrot Security has released a major update to its ethical hacking operating system. Following the version 6.4 from a few months ago, is already available Parrot 7.0And it's well known that when the first number changes, there are significant modifications. And there are. In this iteration The leap from MATE to Plasma, the KDE desktop environment, has been madeThey don't explain the reasons, but they may be the same ones that led Ubuntu Studio down the same path: it's a very lightweight desktop that also offers a better interface and productivity than its predecessor.
Continuing with the desktop, The change makes it difficult to upgrade from Parrot 6.4 if the default desktop was used.: "Adopting KDE Plasma 6 on an older Parrot 6.4 system upgraded to Parrot 7 requires that the new configuration files be successfully migrated from /etc/skel to the user's home directory, a process that cannot be done through a system upgrade and requires manual intervention by the user."As they indicate in the notes from this releaseThe appropriate documentation will be provided soon.
Parrot 7.0 "Echo" introduces 10 new tools and updates others
Parrot 7.0 has introduced these new tools:
- convoC2.
- goshs.
- evil-winrm-py.
- hexstrike-ai.
- bpf-linker.
- pkinit-tools.
- chisel.
- bloodhound.py
- autorecon
- trufflehog.
Parrot Security knows that Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and LLM models are important topics today, and they've already incorporated this category into their operating system. The first tool they've added is Hextrike AIand they plan to include more in the future.
Furthermore, Parrot 7.0 is the first version to support the RISC-V architecture, making it the first distribution of pentesting in supporting said architecture.
Parrot 7.0 can now be downloaded since official websiteThey should soon provide information on how to upgrade from the MATE version safely so as not to lose anything.