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Parrot OS Switches to KDE Plasma Desktop
Quoting: Parrot OS Switches to KDE Plasma Desktop » Linux Magazine —
Parrot OS, a security-focused Linux distribution, is migrating from MATE to KDE Plasma, starting with version 7.0, now available in beta.
Based on Debian 13, Parrot OS's goal is a shift toward "modernization, focusing on clearing technical debt and future-proofing the system."
One big under-the-hood change is that the /tmp directory is now automatically mounted as tmpfs (in RAM), as opposed to the physical drive. By making this change, Parrot OS enjoys improved performance and reduces wear on SSDs. This shift also means that all data in /tmp is lost during a reboot.
Parrot OS 7.0 also includes a more readable text interface with APT, with the help of colors, aligned columns, and clearer missing dependencies.
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Parrot 7.0 Beta Release Notes
This new version introduces numerous changes, enhancements, and increased stability for your work and daily tasks. A major effort has been made on the infrastructure, the build scripts for ISOs and virtual machines, with several automations that will make life easier for us developers but, above all, for users, thanks to the possibility of having images produced on a weekly basis.
Some core components of the system have been upgraded, such as parrot-core, parrot-interface, calamares-settings-parrot, parrot-themes, parrot-menu and more have received important improvements. For example, the configurations of parrot-core have been changed to provide better support for multiple Desktop Environments, and some parrot-menu scripts have been reviewed and rewritten (from Nim to Go).