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Parrot

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.

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BigLinux

BigLinux is a Brazilian Linux distribution localised into Brazilian Portuguese (with support for English). It is was originally based on Kubuntu, but starting from 2017 the distribution was re-born based on deepin.

Technical Specs Comparison
ParrotBigLinux
Debian (Stable)BaseArch, Manjaro
apt / deb, flatpakPackage Managerpacman / pkg, flatpak, snap
systemdInit Systemsystemd
Fixed ReleaseRelease ModelRolling Release
7.2Latest Version12.04
IntermediateDifficultyIntermediate
May 9, 2026Release DateJuly 28, 2012
ARM64ARMhfRISC-Vx86_64
Architecture
ARM64ARMhfRISC-Vx86_64
EnlightenmentKDE PlasmaLXQtMATE
Desktops
EnlightenmentKDE PlasmaLXQtMATE