A Comprehensive Exploration of the Advantages and Disadvantages of Parrot OS

WHAT IS PARROT OS

Similar to Kali Linux , Parrot OS is also a Linux distribution designed for pentesting, ethical hacking, and other security related tasks. It is designed to give a platform that provides us with a wide variety of security and privacy tools. It comes in various editions:

• Parrot Security Edition
• Parrot Home Edition
• Parrot Studio Edition
• Parrot IOT Edition
• Parrot Cloud Edition

This allows the user to choose the version that best suits their requirements.

ADVANTAGES 

• FREE : Since it is free and open-source all of its source code is accessible for anyone to read, customize, and contribute to.
• SECURITY AND PRIVACY : As it is specifically designed to be secure with support for full disk encryption, fast security updates and a hardened Debian core, it also contains many privacy-protection tools.
• DESKTOP ENVIRONMENTS : Users can choose the interface that suits their preferences, Parrot os supports desktop environments including MATE, KDE and Xfce.
• SPECIALIZED EDITIONS : Parrot OS offers different editions like security edition for security professionals, home edition for general use, studio edition for multimedia production, Iot edition for Iot development and cloud edition for cloud environments.
• SIZE : It has a compact size compared to kali linux. It can work with as little as 320MB RAM and much less disc spaces and processing power.
• GENERAL USE : Unlike Kali Linux, Parrot OS is designed to be a versatile OS that is suitable for general use in addition to a focus on security, it also has a wide variety of general-purpose applications that makes it suitable for day-to-day tasks.

DISADVANTAGES

• LARGER FOOTPRINT : Due to wide range of pre-installed tools and apps, it may have a larger footprint compared to more lightweight linux distributions, this could impact system performance on old hardwares.
• SMALL COMMUNITY : While the community is growing, it may not be as big as communities of other distributions like ubuntu etc, This means that there will be lesser community support available .
• OVERWHELMING : The abundance of features and tools may overwhelm new users, especially those who are just entering into cybersecurity.

CONCLUSION

Parrot OS stands out as a versatile and powerful Linux distribution, bridging the worlds of cybersecurity and everyday computing with a primary focus on security . The flexibility it provides for the desktop environments and specialized editions makes it very attractive for a different types of users with different requirements.You can click here for the installation tutorial. In this rapidly evolving landscape of cybersecurity, Parrot OS continues to evolve, adapt and respond to the requirements of its users making it a compelling choice in the realm of Linux distributions.