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This security-focused Linux distro is switching to KDE

Posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Dec 10, 2025,

updated Dec 10, 2025

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The team behind Parrot OS (often shortened to Parrot) has announced the beta release of Parrot 7.0. The update, now in testing, brings several upgrades and improvements to the distribution that emphasizes security, including a switch to KDE Plasma as the default desktop.

In Parrot 6 and earlier editions, the default desktop was MATE, an environment designed to carry on the legacy of GNOME 2 and its traditional early Windows-like design. KDE Plasma is one of the most popular desktop environments in the open source operating system world, and it has a robust feature set while maintaining, in my opinion, a default layout not too dissimilar to the Windows motif.

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Marius:

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