Athena OS

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Reader supplied reviews for Athena OS Average rating 8.0 from 6 review(s) What are your thoughts on Athena OS? Please include a few pros and a few cons, along with your overall impression of the operating system. Our FAQ page has tips on writing a good mini-review. Version: -- 2023.06.23 Rating:    -- 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 out of 10 Your review (minimum 250 words): Past reviews - sort by: DateVotes Version: 2023.06.23 Rating: 9 Date: 2023-06-24 Votes: 0 I have been more than a little curious about infosec and sometimes look into distros like Kali or Tails. Athena is in a completely different league. The level of polish and sophistication is not found elsewhere. I found it very easy to install and select a role. After poking about a bit I started to wish they would make a daily-driver edition. So many small details have just been taken care of - Athena is a well-finished piece of art. I am planning to pop this on my next piece of spare hardware and to delve further that the few days I had. A big positive that I quickly did find was actually having a starting point. Other pen-test infosec distros just go, "here are the tools, good luck.", assuming one already knows everything. Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 2023.06.01 Rating: 1 Date: 2023-06-06 Votes: 5 It's simply rubbish, full of bugs. I tried to install it to several different machines including also VirtualBox-machines, but it's not only very slow due to massive downloads (although the ISO-image is around 2.5 GB!), but installation with Calamares always ended up with an error message concerning the packet manager. Partitioning is also an issue. You have to use GParted, because otherwise Calamares won't be able to create a usable partition table. It's a nice distro for people who have too much time and who don't know how to use their time. But for those who don't want to play games like bug-hunting, it's a waste of time. Avoid! Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 2023.02.20 Rating: 10 Date: 2023-03-30 Votes: 0 Have tried several different security focused distros, and I'm still in the learning phase. The amount of resources available to those learning with Athena OS is awesome, love the integrations they've included with the OS, and the custom theming is nice too. I really enjoy the roles functionality they've included as well. Installing the apps/packages that are needed for a specific role automatically is such a helpful feature. The team I've interacted with on Discord is nothing short of extremely friendly, and more than happy and willing to help resolve any issues someone might run into! Was this review helpful? Yes No See all 6 reader reviews of Athena OS...