Archive note: this announcement was originally published by the Parrot project on August 13, 2019 and is kept here for reference. parrotlinux.org is an independent site, not the project's official website. For current information see the latest release notes.
Hey Guys,
ParrotOS has received some large updates:
The Kernel has been updated to 5.2
Mate is now 1.22.1
Chromium received some security updates through the rolling-security repository branch.
There are also some firmware updates:
- firmware-iwlwifi
- firmware-realtek
- firmware-ti-connectivity
- firmware-amd-graphics
- firmware-myricom
- firmware-atheros
- firmware-libertas
- firmware-netxen
- firmware-intelwimax
- firmware-linux-nonfree
- firmware-brcm80211
- firmware-qlogic
- firmware-misc-nonfree
- firmware-bnx2x
- firmware-linux
- firmware-bnx2
Firejail is now optional as we work to resolve issues and make the system smoother overall. In the mean time you can access applications which are sandboxed through the menu under “Sandbox”.
For further Reference:
https://mate-desktop.org/blog/2019-03-18-mate-1-22-released/
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.2.7
https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_5.1