Fresh review of hacker-friendly Parrot OS 4.6

Hi Steemit! Today I've got a nice hacker-ish distro for you: Parrot OS! Let's go though it's latest release details & info.

Announce

Lorenzo Faletra has announced the release of Parrot 4.6, an updated version of the project's distribution set designed for penetration testing, digital forensics and privacy protection, all based on Debian's "Testing" branch. Besides the usual builds, this version ads a new ISO image - Parrot Security featuring the KDE Plasma desktop: "We are proud to announce the release of Parrot 4.6, an important Parrot OS update that comes out after three months of heavy development. When we first added KDE, it was an experiment. We love MATE but we'd heard great things about KDE and decided we could try and support two desktop environments. Because of the work required to change everything from MATE to KDE, we started with KDE Home. The feedback was immediate, you guys loved it. The recurring request since has been: 'how do I add the tools?' We heard you and it is finally here! A Security edition featuring the KDE Plasma desktop environment. We now offer both MATE and KDE images for the Home and Security editions." Read the rest of the release notes for a list of system changes and updates. Download (SHA512, signature, pkglist): Parrot-security-4.6_amd64.iso (3,814MB, torrent), Parrot-kde-security-4.6_amd64.iso (3,829MB, torrent), Parrot-home-4.6_amd64.iso (1,747MB, torrent), Parrot-kde-4.6_amd64.iso (1,834MB, torrent).
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About

Parrot (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. The product, developed by Frozenbox, comes with MATE as the default desktop environment.

OS Type: Linux
Based on: [Debian (Testing)](https://distrowatch.com/search.php?basedon=Debian (Testing)#simple)
Origin: Italy
Architecture: x86_64
Desktop: [KDE Plasma](https://distrowatch.com/search.php?desktop=KDE Plasma#simple), MATE
Category: Forensics, Live Medium, Security
Status: Active
Popularity: 18 (528 hits per day)
Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 23 (387), 6 months: 18 (528), 3 months: 24 (423), 4 weeks: 27 (413), 1 week: 26 (479)
Average visitor rating : 8.96 /10 from 23 review(s).

Useful links

Distribution	Parrot (formerly Parrot Security OS)
Home Page	http://www.parrotsec.org/
User Forums	https://community.parrotsec.org/
Documentation	https://www.parrotsec.org/docs/
Screenshots	DistroWatch Gallery
Download Mirrors	https://www.parrotsec.org/download.php
Where To Buy	OSDisc.com (sponsored link)