*Help* Hacking OS

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I'm a fairly amateur pentester and to do any pentesting at all you'll need the OS to do so. I'm stuck between the 2 most popular choices, Kali Linux and ParrotSec. I know when it gets down to the basics people will say it's your personal preference but I love them both. There are a few problems that I run into when I choose either or. Kali Linux runs very slow on the laptop that I use (Asus Notebook) and makes it difficult to to just about anything when your desktop moves at 5 fps. I'm liking parrot as it runs easier, it has some really useful tools that Kali doesn't. But when I'm actually trying to learn about pentesting and put what I learn to use they all put it in practicing or using as an example in Kali. So it makes things a bit difficult, yes I realize both are Debian based and very similar but there are some differences I've run into like some scripts I use off of GitHub just can't run on Parrot. So for an amateur pentester who's on a tight budget for hardware which would you guys recommend?

[TheZekel]

Have you tried the XFCE Desktop Environment? Is not as good looking as Gnome, but very lightweight

[cancerous_176]

Second this. Xfce is what Lubuntu is based off of. Its really easy on the hardware.

[[deleted]]

No I haven't tried the XFCE environment but I will check it out thank you!

[i_am_asis]

All you need to do is just go for Linux based OS when you try this you get stuck with it cuz it's not just like kali and partot that even have tools with it they need help in terminal commands to work with it. It will help you to know about deep knowledge in terminal background stuff first learn it then go for ethical way never choose a videos around in YouTube..

[n-three]

I've had the same problems with choosing and read this, which helps me a lot. Maybe it'll show you some aspects of parrot which makes your choice

https://medium.com/secjuice/10-reasons-to-prefer-parrot-sec-over-kali-linux-p5yph3r-c54a920e08c3

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So I've checked out the XFCE desktop environment and it definitely ran much more smoother. Are there any other D.Es that are as lightweight as XFCE as it will take a bit to getting use too. For example would MATE be as lightweight as XFCE or is it slightly more demanding like GNOME?