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Distro	Description
Debian	A Free Operating System.
Ubuntu	Debian-based modern distro with updated free software for the widest audience and platforms. Ubuntu Flavors offer different desktop environments and specific intended use cases.
Linux Mint	Derivative of Ubuntu and Debian, "doing less to do better" and "works Out of The Box" philosophy.
Fedora	Derivative of Red Hat Linux, for personal use, workstations, servers, IoT and plenty of "spins" and "labs", versions of Fedora with different software bundles.
Suse	One of the oldest Enterprise-quality Linux distributions, with a secure foundation for a broad range of datacenter and cloud environments and industries.
Arch Linux	A general purpose, lightweight and flexible distribution.
Kali Linux	Debian-based distro, geared towards various Information Security tasks (Penetration Testing, Security Research, Computer Forensics, Reverse Engineering).
ParrotOS	Debian-based distro designed for Information & Cyber Security operations (Red Team and Blue Team), provides "Hacking tools at your fingertips".
AthenaOS	Arch-based distro designed for Penetration Testing, Bug-Bounty Hunting and InfoSec students. provides a way to connect directly to some of the e-learning hacking resources, such as Hack The Box, TryHackMe, OffSec, PWNX and InfoSec certifications.

Distro

Description

Debian

A Free Operating System.

Ubuntu

Debian-based modern distro with updated free software for the widest audience and platforms. Ubuntu Flavors offer different desktop environments and specific intended use cases.

Linux Mint

Derivative of Ubuntu and Debian, "doing less to do better" and "works Out of The Box" philosophy.

Fedora

Derivative of Red Hat Linux, for personal use, workstations, servers, IoT and plenty of "spins" and "labs", versions of Fedora with different software bundles.

Suse

One of the oldest Enterprise-quality Linux distributions, with a secure foundation for a broad range of datacenter and cloud environments and industries.

Arch Linux

A general purpose, lightweight and flexible distribution.

Kali Linux

Debian-based distro, geared towards various Information Security tasks (Penetration Testing, Security Research, Computer Forensics, Reverse Engineering).

ParrotOS

Debian-based distro designed for Information & Cyber Security operations (Red Team and Blue Team), provides "Hacking tools at your fingertips".

AthenaOS

Arch-based distro designed for Penetration Testing, Bug-Bounty Hunting and InfoSec students. provides a way to connect directly to some of the e-learning hacking resources, such as Hack The Box, TryHackMe, OffSec, PWNX and InfoSec certifications.

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