Version numbers are just tags that Parrot’s devs assign to the current state of the project every time there are enough updates accumulated in the repo to justify a refresh of the ISO files. You don’t need to worry about downloading any new releases. Parrot OS is a rolling release distribution, and updates flow in the repo as soon as they prove to be stable and reliable.

How to upgrade from a previous Parrot version

Fish and Zsh support is now available in our skel, including the latest zsh-autocomplete version.

Xspy was patched to not be executable on host system.

Routersploit was updated to make it work with python 3.9.

Pompem was patched from Parrot team to properly handle down services and use the new wpvulndb server.

Bettercap has finally been updated to 2.29, and 2.30 is coming very soon.

Metasploit framework was updated to 6.0.36, and we keep updating it weekly.

Python 2 is finally deprecated, and /usr/bin/python now points to /usr/bin/python3 by default. XFCE has been updated with several improvements and fixes. KDE Plasma now works again as expected, and it was updated to provide a better look and feel. In the new version the Parrot’s devs enforced some systemd rules to prevent this happening.Ĭertain tools used for Linux local privilege escalation represented a security hazard from Parrot’s point of view, so devs disabled and unarmed them. Previous Parrot versions used to have un-needed services shut down by default, but such services happened to re-enable randomly after system updates. Parrot 4.11 provides cleaner metapackages, updated tools and a more consistent repository. Many old, broken and unmaintained tools was purged, and also revisited many of the existing ones. The Parrot team plan to release Linux Kernel 5.11 as soon as possible as a later update. This means better hardware support for very recent hardware. The most notable is that Linux 5.10 is now the default kernel of this new Parrot version. Therefore it contains a full arsenal of ready to use pentest tools.

Security Edition is a special purpose operating system designed for Penetration Test and Red Team operations.

Of course, the Parrot Tools can be manually installed to assemble a custom and lightweithg pentesting environment. In other words, this edition is designed for daily use, privacy and software development.

Home Edition is a general purpose operating system.

It is developed by a team of security experts, Linux enthusiasts, and open source developers. Parrot OS 4.11 comes with its own arsenal of penetration testing and security-related tools. The new version 4.11 on this security focused Linux distro includes many important updates to make the distribution more reliable and more secure.

It is designed for security experts, developers and privacy aware people. Parrot OS is a free and open source GNU/Linux distribution based on Debian Testing.

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